Where does “lângă” come from?
lângă (Romanian) comes from Latin longum ad, from Latin longus, from Latin -ē, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus, from Latin calx, from Ancient Greek χάλιξ — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
lângă (Romanian): beside, next to, by, near , close to, alongside
Definitions
- beside, next to, by, near , close to, alongside
Ancestry of “lângă”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | longum ad | — |
| 2 | Latin | longus | far, long; extended, prolonged; long; tedious,... |
| 3 | Latin | -ē | — |
| 4 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 5 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 6 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |