Where does “grăngurel” come from?
grăngurel (Romanian) comes from Romanian grangur, from Latin galgulus, from Latin galbulus, from Latin galbus, from Latin galbinus, from Latin galbanum, from Ancient Greek χαλβάνη, from Hebrew חֶלְבְּנָה — milk.
Ancestry of “grăngurel”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | grangur | oriole; hotshot, big gun, bigwig |
| 2 | Latin | galgulus | The witwall |
| 3 | Latin | galbulus | The nut of the cypress tree |
| 4 | Latin | galbus | yellow, chartreuse |
| 5 | Latin | galbinus | greenish-yellow, yellowish, chartreuse;... |
| 6 | Latin | galbanum | galbanum |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | χαλβάνη | galbanum, the resinous juice produced by plants... |
| 8 | Hebrew | חֶלְבְּנָה | — |
| 9 | Hebrew | ח־ל־ב | — |
| 10 | Hebrew | חָלָב | milk |