Where does “operă” come from?
operă (Romanian) comes from French opérer, from Latin operāre, from Latin operārī, from Latin Opus, from Ancient Greek Ὀποῦς, from Ancient Greek ὀπός, from Proto-Indo-European sokʷós, from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ- — to follow; to see; to say.
operă (Romanian): a work; opera
Definitions
- a work; opera
Ancestry of “operă”, step by step
operă traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French opérer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | opérer | to operate; to take place |
| 2 | Latin | operāre | — |
| 3 | Latin | operārī | — |
| 4 | Latin | Opus | The capital city of the Locri and birthplace of Patroclus |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Ὀποῦς | Opus, Greece |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ὀπός | juice, vegetable/plant juice; fig-juice |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sokʷós | juice of plants |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sekʷ- | to follow; to see; to say |