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Where does “oarecare” come from?

oarecare (Romanian) comes from Romanian care, from Latin quālis, from Proto-Indo-European kʷō-.

oarecare (Romanian): some, certain; someone, somebody; a nobody

Definitions

  1. some, certain; someone, somebody; a nobody

Ancestry of “oarecare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniancarewhich; which, that, who; plural of car
2Latinquālis—
3Proto-Indo-Europeankʷō-—
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