Where does “metaforicește” come from?
metaforicește (Romanian) comes from Romanian metaforic, from French métaphorique, from French métaphore, from Latin metaphora, from Ancient Greek μεταφορά, from Ancient Greek μεταφέρω, from Ancient Greek φέρω, from Proto-Hellenic pʰérō — shiny, light brown.
metaforicește (Romanian): metaphorically
Definitions
- metaphorically
Ancestry of “metaforicește”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | metaforic | metaphorical |
| 2 | French | métaphorique | metaphorical |
| 3 | French | métaphore | metaphor |
| 4 | Latin | metaphora | a metaphor |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | μεταφορά | transference; metaphor, trope |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | μεταφέρω | to carry over, transfer; to change, alter; to... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | φέρω | I bring, bear, carry |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | pʰérō | to bear |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰéreti | to be carrying |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰēr- | shiny, light brown |