Where does “electrocutare” come from?
electrocutare (Romanian) comes from Romanian electrocuta, from French électrocuter, from English electrocute, from English execute, from Old French executer, from Latin exsecutus, from Latin exsequor, from Latin ex.
electrocutare (Romanian): electrocution
Definitions
- electrocution
Ancestry of “electrocutare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | electrocuta | to electrocute |
| 2 | French | électrocuter | to electrocute |
| 3 | English | electrocute | To kill by electric shock; To execute by electric... |
| 4 | English | execute | To kill as punishment for capital crimes; To... |
| 5 | Old French | executer | — |
| 6 | Latin | exsecutus | accompanied; pursued; executed, accomplished;... |
| 7 | Latin | exsequor | I follow to the end; follow after thoroughly,... |
| 8 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 9 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 10 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 11 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 16 | Middle English | kyt | — |