Where does “forțare” come from?
forțare (Romanian) comes from Romanian forța, from Italian forzare, from Latin fortio, from Late Latin fortia, from Latin fortis, from Old Latin forctis, from Proto-Italic forktis, from Proto-Indo-European bʰerǵʰ- — to rise; high, lofty; hill, mountain.
forțare (Romanian): forcing
Definitions
- forcing
Ancestry of “forțare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | forța | to force; to oblige |
| 2 | Italian | forzare | to force; to press |
| 3 | Latin | fortio | I force |
| 4 | Late Latin | fortia | nominative neuter plural of fortis; accusative... |
| 5 | Latin | fortis | strong, powerful; firm, resolute, steadfast,... |
| 6 | Old Latin | forctis | strong |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | forktis | strong, robust |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰerǵʰ- | to rise; high, lofty; hill, mountain |