Where does “mamelegiu” come from?

mamelegiu (Romanian) comes from Ottoman Turkish معامله‌جی, from Ottoman Turkish ـجی, from Proto-Turkic -či — Profession suffix.

mamelegiu (Romanian): usurer

Definitions

  1. usurer

Ancestry of “mamelegiu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishمعامله‌جیusurer, moneylender, loan shark, someone who lends money at exorbitant rates of interest
2Ottoman Turkishـجیoccupational suffix
3Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix
Every word from Proto-Turkic -či →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـجی →Every word from Ottoman Turkish معامله‌جی →