Where does “focar” come from?
focar (Romanian) comes from Romanian ar, from Romanian ară, from Latin arō, from Proto-Italic araō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éryeti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂erh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European h₁er- — earth.
focar (Romanian): focus
Definitions
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Ancestry of “focar”, step by step
focar traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian ar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | ar | would; API; first-person singular present... |
| 2 | Romanian | ară | to plough |
| 3 | Latin | arō | to plough, till; to cultivate land, farm; to acquire by tillage |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | araō | to plough |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éryeti | to be ploughing |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂erh₃- | to plough |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁er- | earth |
via Vulgar Latin focarium
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | focarium | — |
| 2 | Latin | focārius | a kitchen-boy |
| 3 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |
via Romanian foc
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | foc | fire, blaze |