Where does “negustoraș” come from?
negustoraș (Romanian) comes from Romanian negustor, from Romanian neguțător, from Latin negōtiātor, from Latin negotior, from Latin negōtium, from Latin nec, from Latin neque, from Proto-Indo-European nekʷe — not.
negustoraș (Romanian): small merchant
Definitions
- small merchant
Ancestry of “negustoraș”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | negustor | merchant, trader, dealer |
| 2 | Romanian | neguțător | — |
| 3 | Latin | negōtiātor | merchant, businessman, dealer, trader, wholesaler |
| 4 | Latin | negotior | I do business; I act as banker; I trade, traffic |
| 5 | Latin | negōtium | business, employment, occupation, affair |
| 6 | Latin | nec | nor; and not, not; neither |
| 7 | Latin | neque | not; and not, also not |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | nekʷe | and not, neither, nor |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |