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Where does “dezuni” come from?

dezuni (Romanian) comes from Romanian uni, from French uni, from French université, from Old French universitei, from Medieval Latin universitas, from Latin ūniversitās, from Latin ūniversus, from Latin versus — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

dezuni (Romanian): to disunite, divide, split, sever, separate

Definitions

  1. to disunite, divide, split, sever, separate

Ancestry of “dezuni”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianunito unite, merge, join
2Frenchunipast participle of unir; united; university
3Frenchuniversitéuniversity
4Old Frenchuniversiteiuniversity
5Medieval Latinuniversitasgroup of teachers and students; university;...
6Latinūniversitās—
7Latinūniversus—
8Latinversusturned, changed, having been turned; towards,...
9Latinvertō—
10Proto-Italicwertō—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanwert-to turn, to rotate
12Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel
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