Where does “folosință” come from?
folosință (Romanian) comes from Romanian folosi, from Romanian folos, from Greek όφελος, from Ancient Greek ὄφελος, from Proto-Hellenic opʰelos, from Proto-Indo-European h₃bʰel-.
folosință (Romanian): use; benefit. advantage
Ancestry of “folosință”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Romanian | folosi | to use; to employ |
| 2 | Romanian | folos | — |
| 3 | Greek | όφελος | profit; benefit |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ὄφελος | furtherance, advantage, help, good, benefit; the... |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | opʰelos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃bʰel- | — |