Where does “dezabuza” come from?
dezabuza (Romanian) comes from French désabuser, from French abuser, from French abus, from Old French abus, from Latin abūsus, from Latin abūtor, from Latin ūtor, from Proto-Slavic *ǫtorъ — to rub, turn; to drill, pierce.
dezabuza (Romanian): to disabuse
Definitions
- to disabuse
Ancestry of “dezabuza”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | désabuser | to correct, to enlighten; to disenchant, to... |
| 2 | French | abuser | to mislead; to take advantage of somebody; to... |
| 3 | French | abus | abuse |
| 4 | Old French | abus | excess; abuse |
| 5 | Latin | abūsus | having consumed, wasted or misused |
| 6 | Latin | abūtor | to use up, exhaust, consume entirely |
| 7 | Latin | ūtor | to use, make use of, employ |
| 8 | Proto-Slavic | *ǫtorъ | croze |
| 9 | Proto-Slavic | torъ | paddock, pen |
| 10 | Proto-Slavic | terti | to rub, to scrape; to polish |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | terh₁- | to rub, turn; to drill, pierce |