Where does “mărmurar” come from?

mărmurar (Romanian) comes from Romanian marmură, from Latin marmor, from Ancient Greek μάρμαρος, from Indo-European *mer-.

mărmurar (Romanian): marble worker

Definitions

  1. marble worker

Ancestry of “mărmurar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianmarmurămarble
2Latinmarmora block or piece of marble; pulverized marble,...
3Ancient Greekμάρμαροςcrystalline rock; marble
4Indo-European*mer-—
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