Where does “ostaș” come from?
ostaș (Romanian) comes from Romanian aș, from Vulgar Latin habessim, from Latin habuissem, from Latin habeo, from Proto-Italic habēō, from Proto-Indo-European gʰh₁bʰ- — to grab, to take; to grab, take.
ostaș (Romanian): soldier
Ancestry of “ostaș”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Romanian | aș | would, should |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | habessim | — |
| 3 | Latin | habuissem | first-person singular pluperfect active... |
| 4 | Latin | habeo | I have, hold; I own, have; I possess, have |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | habēō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰh₁bʰ- | to grab, to take; to grab, take |