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Where does “lemnărie” come from?

lemnărie (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.

lemnărie (Romanian): carpentry, woodcutting; timber, wood; wood...

Definitions

  1. carpentry, woodcutting; timber, wood; wood...

Ancestry of “lemnărie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianlemnarsomeone who works with wood, such a carpenter,...
2LatinlignariusOf or belonging to wood; carpenter, joiner; wood...
3Latinlīgnum—
4EnglishpolygonumAny of many plants, of the family Polygonaceae,...
5Ancient Greekπολύςmany, a lot of; neuter πολύ or πολλά as...
6Ancient Greekπόροςa means of passage, passageway, way, opening;...
7Ancient GreekπείρωI pierce, run through; I cleave through
8Proto-Hellenic*péryō—
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