Where does “lemnișor” come from?
lemnișor (Romanian) comes from Romanian lemn, from Latin līgnum, from English polygonum, from Ancient Greek πολύς, from Ancient Greek πόρος, from Ancient Greek πείρω, from Proto-Hellenic *péryō.
lemnișor (Romanian): small piece of wood
Definitions
- small piece of wood
Ancestry of “lemnișor”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | lemn | wood; timber |
| 2 | Latin | līgnum | firewood |
| 3 | English | polygonum | Any of many plants, of the family Polygonaceae,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | πολύς | many, a lot of; neuter πολύ or πολλά as... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πόρος | a means of passage, passageway, way, opening;... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πείρω | I pierce, run through; I cleave through |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | *péryō | — |