Where does “lipsă” come from?
lipsă (Romanian) comes from Romanian lipsi, from Greek λείψω, from Greek λείπω, from Ancient Greek λείπω, from Proto-Indo-European leykʷ- — to leave.
lipsă (Romanian): absence; lack, want, deficiency
Definitions
- absence; lack, want, deficiency
Ancestry of “lipsă”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Romanian | lipsi | to deprive; to be absent, to be missing, to lack;... |
| 2 | Greek | λείψω | — |
| 3 | Greek | λείπω | absent, missing; lack |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | λείπω | I leave, leave behind; I leave alone, release; I... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | leykʷ- | to leave |