Where does “mineri” come from?
mineri (Romanian) comes from Romanian miner, from French mineur, from French miner, from French mine, from Breton min, from Italian mina, from Latin mina, from Gaulish mēnā — to cut, hew.
mineri (Romanian): to work as a miner
Definitions
- to work as a miner
Ancestry of “mineri”, step by step
mineri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian miner
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | miner | miner person who works in a mine |
| 2 | French | mineur | minor; a minor; a miner |
| 3 | French | miner | to mine, exploit natural riches; to undermine; to... |
| 4 | French | mine | mine; pencil lead; piledriver, scorcher |
| 5 | Breton | min | face of an animal; beak, muzzle |
| 6 | Italian | mina | mine, land mine; lead in pencils; mine which... |
| 7 | Latin | mina | A Greek weight equal to 100 drachmas; A Greek... |
| 8 | Gaulish | mēnā | ore, mine |
| 9 | Proto-Celtic | *meinis | ore, metal |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | mēy(H)nis | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)mēy(H)- | to cut, hew |