Where does “glumaș” come from?

glumaș (Romanian) comes from Romanian glumă, from French glume, from Latin gluma, from Latin glubo, from Proto-Italic glouβō, from Proto-Indo-European glewbʰ- — to split.

glumaș (Romanian): funny person, witty

Definitions

  1. funny person, witty

Ancestry of “glumaș”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianglumăjoke, jest; prank; glume
2Frenchglumeglume
3Latinglumahusk of grain; chaff
4LatingluboI strip the bark from a tree, I peel, I shuck; I...
5Proto-Italicglouβōto split
6Proto-Indo-Europeanglewbʰ-to split
Every word from Proto-Indo-European glewbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Italic glouβō →Every word from Latin glubo →