Where does “limfă” come from?

limfă (Romanian) comes from French lymphe, from Latin lympha, from Ancient Greek νύμφη, from Proto-Indo-European snewbʰ- — to marry, wed; to marry, to wed.

limfă (Romanian): lymph

Definitions

  1. lymph

Ancestry of “limfă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchlymphelymph
2Latinlymphapure water, spring water
3Ancient Greekνύμφηbride, young wife; young, nubile woman;...
4Proto-Indo-Europeansnewbʰ-to marry, wed; to marry, to wed
Every word from Proto-Indo-European snewbʰ-Every word from Ancient Greek νύμφηEvery word from Latin lympha