Where does “exploatare” come from?
exploatare (Romanian) comes from Romanian exploata, from French exploiter, from Old French esploitier, from Old French espleitier, from Vulgar Latin explicitare, from Latin explico, from Latin plicō, from Proto-Indo-European pleḱ- — to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold.
exploatare (Romanian): exploitation
Ancestry of “exploatare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Romanian | exploata | — |
| 2 | French | exploiter | to exploit |
| 3 | Old French | esploitier | to use; to make use of |
| 4 | Old French | espleitier | Alternative form of esploitier |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | explicitare | — |
| 6 | Latin | explico | I unfold, unfurl, uncoil, loosen, undo; I deploy,... |
| 7 | Latin | plicō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pleḱ- | to fold, plait, weave |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pel- | to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold |