Where does “ordură” come from?

ordură (Romanian) comes from French ordure, from Old French ord, from Latin horridus, from Latin horreō, from Proto-Italic horzēō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰr̥séh₁(ye)ti.

ordură (Romanian): garbage

Definitions

  1. garbage

Ancestry of “ordură”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchorduregarbage, refuse; dung, animal faeces; obscenity,...
2Old Frenchordfilthy
3Latinhorridusrough, bristly, shaggy; rude, rough, uncouth,...
4Latinhorreōto stand erect, stand on end
5Proto-Italichorzēō
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰr̥séh₁(ye)ti
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰr̥séh₁(ye)tiEvery word from Proto-Italic horzēōEvery word from Latin horreō
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