Where does “lovitură” come from?
lovitură (Romanian) comes from Romanian tură, from French tour, from Latin tornus, from Ancient Greek τόρνος, from Proto-Indo-European torh₂no-, from Proto-Indo-European terh₁- — to rub, turn; to drill, pierce.
lovitură (Romanian): a hit, blow, kick
Definitions
- a hit, blow, kick
Ancestry of “lovitură”, step by step
lovitură traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian tură
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | tură | shift; turn; rook |
| 2 | French | tour | tower; rook; apartment building |
| 3 | Latin | tornus | A turner's wheel, lathe; A potter's wheel |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | τόρνος | A tool similar to a pair of compasses used to... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | torh₂no- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | terh₁- | to rub, turn; to drill, pierce |
via Romanian lovi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | lovi | to hit; to strike |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | loviti | to catch |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | -iti | Deverbal, iterative; Deverbal, causative;... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |