Where does “lemnăraș” come from?
lemnăraș (Romanian) comes from Romanian lemnar, from Latin lignarius, from Latin līgnum, from English polygonum, from Ancient Greek πολύς, from Ancient Greek πόρος, from Ancient Greek πείρω, from Proto-Hellenic *péryō.
Ancestry of “lemnăraș”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | lemnar | someone who works with wood, such a carpenter,... |
| 2 | Latin | lignarius | Of or belonging to wood; carpenter, joiner; wood... |
| 3 | Latin | līgnum | firewood |
| 4 | English | polygonum | Any of many plants, of the family Polygonaceae,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πολύς | many, a lot of; neuter πολύ or πολλά as... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πόρος | a means of passage, passageway, way, opening;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | πείρω | I pierce, run through; I cleave through |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | *péryō | — |