Where does “ospătar” come from?
ospătar (Romanian) comes from Romanian ospăta, from Late Latin hospitare, from Latin hospes, from Proto-Italic hostipotis, from Proto-Italic χostipotis, from Proto-Indo-European gʰostipotis, from Proto-Indo-European pótis, from Proto-Indo-European ph₃tis — to drink.
ospătar (Romanian): waiter
Definitions
- waiter
Ancestry of “ospătar”, step by step
ospătar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian ospăta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | ospăta | to welcome, treat, receive hospitably; to feast,... |
| 2 | Late Latin | hospitare | second-person singular present active indicative... |
| 3 | Latin | hospes | host; guest, visitor; stranger; foreigner |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | hostipotis | host |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | χostipotis | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰostipotis | master of guests |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pótis | master, ruler; husband |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ph₃tis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₃- | to drink |
via Romanian ar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | ar | would; API; first-person singular present... |
| 2 | Romanian | ară | to plough |
| 3 | Latin | arō | to plough, till; to cultivate land, farm; to acquire by tillage |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | araō | to plough |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éryeti | to be ploughing |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂erh₃- | to plough |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁er- | earth |