Where does “disculpă” come from?
disculpă (Romanian) comes from Italian discolpa, from Italian discolpare, from Italian are, from Italian aere, from Old French aire, from Latin ārea, from Proto-Italic āzeā, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eHs-e-yeh₂ — to be/become dry; to burn, to glow; hearth.
disculpă (Romanian): defense, excuse
Definitions
- defense, excuse
Ancestry of “disculpă”, step by step
disculpă traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian discolpa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | discolpa | defense, excuse |
| 2 | Italian | discolpare | to prove someone's innocence; to exonerate; to clear |
| 3 | Italian | are | Archaic form of aere; plural of ara |
| 4 | Italian | aere | air; appearance, aspect; nature, disposition |
| 5 | Old French | aire | appearance; semblance |
| 6 | Latin | ārea | a piece of level ground, a vacant place (esp. in the town) |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | āzeā | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eHs-e-yeh₂ | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eHs- | to be/become dry; to burn, to glow; hearth |