Where does “necumpănire” come from?
necumpănire (Romanian) comes from Romanian cumpănire, from Romanian cumpăni, from Romanian cumpănă, from Old Church Slavonic кѫпона, from Latin Campāna, from Latin Campānus, from Latin campānia, from Latin campus — to bend, to curve.
necumpănire (Romanian): intemperance
Definitions
- intemperance
Ancestry of “necumpănire”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | cumpănire | balancing |
| 2 | Romanian | cumpăni | to weigh; to consider; to balance |
| 3 | Romanian | cumpănă | balance, scales; equilibrium; measure |
| 4 | Old Church Slavonic | кѫпона | — |
| 5 | Latin | Campāna | a large bell used in late classical or medieval church towers or steeples |
| 6 | Latin | Campānus | Campanian of or belonging to |
| 7 | Latin | campānia | — |
| 8 | Latin | campus | Open flat level ground: a plain, a natural field;... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂emp- | to bend; crooked; to bend, curve |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂em- | to bend, to curve |