Where does “hărțulie” come from?
hărțulie (Romanian) comes from Romanian cărțulie, from Romanian carte, from Latin charta, from French cartel, from Italian cartello, from Italian carta, from Latin carta, from Ancient Greek χάρτης — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.
Ancestry of “hărțulie”, step by step
hărțulie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian cărțulie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | cărțulie | small book |
| 2 | Romanian | carte | book; card; plural of cartă |
| 3 | Latin | charta | papyrus, paper; poem, a writing; map |
| 4 | French | cartel | a cartel |
| 5 | Italian | cartello | sign, notice, placard, signboard; signpost, road... |
| 6 | Italian | carta | paper; map; menu |
| 7 | Latin | carta | papyrus; letter etc |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | χάρτης | sheet of paper, paper; book |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | χαράσσω | to sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰer- | to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines |