Where does “mamelucărie” come from?

mamelucărie (Romanian) comes from Romanian mameluc, from French mamelouk, from Arabic مَمْلُوك, from Arabic مَلَكَ, from Arabic ل, from Proto-Semitic *lV- — for, to.

mamelucărie (Romanian): the attitude of a mameluke

Definitions

  1. the attitude of a mameluke

Ancestry of “mamelucărie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianmamelucmameluke
2Frenchmameloukmameluk; of or relating to the mameluks
3Arabicمَمْلُوكslave
4Arabicمَلَكَto possess; to rule; to own; to take possession...
5Arabicلto, for, belonging to; لَـ •; Used to express...
6Proto-Semitic*lV-for, to
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