Where does “instalator” come from?
instalator (Romanian) comes from French installateur, from French installer, from German installieren, from Italian installare, from Medieval Latin installo, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
instalator (Romanian): plumber
Definitions
- plumber
Ancestry of “instalator”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | installateur | installer a person who installs |
| 2 | French | installer | to install; to place; to settle |
| 3 | German | installieren | to install |
| 4 | Italian | installare | to install, to put in, to set up; to install, to... |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | installo | to install, put in place, establish; install, put... |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |