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Where does “drumeț” come from?

drumeț (Romanian) comes from Romanian drum, from Greek δρόμος, from Ancient Greek δρόμος, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

drumeț (Romanian): traveler, voyager; hiker

Definitions

  1. traveler, voyager; hiker

Ancestry of “drumeț”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniandrumroad
2Greekδρόμοςroadway, road, street, way; journey
3Ancient Greekδρόμοςrace, running; racetrack; course, path
4Ancient Greek-ός—
5Proto-Hellenic*-os—
6Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
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