Where does “grevă” come from?
grevă (Romanian) comes from French grève, from Vulgar Latin grava, from Gaulish grawa, from Proto-Celtic grāwā, from Proto-Indo-European gʰroh₁weh₂, from Proto-Indo-European gʰreh₁w- — to grind.
grevă (Romanian): strike work stoppage
Definitions
- strike work stoppage
Ancestry of “grevă”, step by step
grevă traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French grève
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | grève | bank of a river; shore, strand |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | grava | second-person singular present active imperative... |
| 3 | Gaulish | grawa | — |
| 4 | Proto-Celtic | grāwā | gravel, pebbles |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰroh₁weh₂ | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰreh₁w- | to grind |
via French grever
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | grever | to burden; put a burden on; to put a weight on;... |
| 2 | Old French | grever | to weigh down; to make heavier; to burden; to... |
| 3 | Latin | gravō | to burden, weigh down, oppress |
| 4 | Latin | gravis | heavy; troublesome, hard; grave, serious |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷréh₂us | heavy |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -us | Forms adjectives from Caland system roots |