Where does “fânăraș” come from?

fânăraș (Romanian) comes from Romanian fânar, from Greek φανάρι, from Byzantine Greek φανάριον — lamp, torch.

Ancestry of “fânăraș”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianfânara lamp
2Greekφανάριtraffic lights; lantern, lamp, torch
3Byzantine Greekφανάριονlamp, torch
Every word from Byzantine Greek φανάριον →Every word from Greek φανάρι →Every word from Romanian fânar →