Where does “dispărea” come from?
dispărea (Romanian) comes from Italian disparire, from Latin disparere, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus, from Latin calx, from Ancient Greek χάλιξ — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
dispărea (Romanian): to disappear, vanish
Definitions
- to disappear, vanish
Ancestry of “dispărea”, step by step
dispărea traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian disparire
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | disparire | Variant of sparire or scomparire |
| 2 | Latin | disparere | second-person singular present passive... |
| 3 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 4 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 5 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Late Latin disparere
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | disparere | second-person singular present passive... |