Where does “fiecare” come from?
fiecare (Romanian) comes from Romanian care, from Latin quālis, from Proto-Indo-European kʷō-.
fiecare (Romanian): every; everyone, each one
Definitions
- every; everyone, each one
Ancestry of “fiecare”, step by step
fiecare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian care
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Romanian | care | which; which, that, who; plural of car |
| 2 | Latin | quālis | of what kind, sort, description, nature; what kind of |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷō- | — |
via Romanian fie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Romanian | fie | third-person singular present subjunctive of fi;... |
| 2 | Latin | fīat | expression of affirmation; make it so, so let it be, so be it |