Where does “lagumgiu” come from?

lagumgiu (Romanian) comes from Ottoman Turkish لغمجی, from Ottoman Turkish لغم, from Arabic لَغْم, from Ancient Greek λᾰ́κκος — cavity.

lagumgiu (Romanian): miner

Definitions

  1. miner

Ancestry of “lagumgiu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishلغمجیminer, mineworker, a person who works in a mine and extracts ore, coal, chalk, clay or other minerals from the earth through mining
2Ottoman Turkishلغمtunnel, gallery, drift, any underground passage or channel cut through the earth or masonry
3Arabicلَغْم—
4Ancient Greekλᾰ́κκοςcavity

Words derived from “lagumgiu”

Every word from Ancient Greek λᾰ́κκος →Every word from Arabic لَغْم →Every word from Ottoman Turkish لغم →