Where does “pălăvri” come from?
pălăvri (Romanian) comes from Romanian palavră, from Ottoman Turkish پالاوره, from Spanish palabra, from Old Spanish parabla, from Latin parabola, from Ancient Greek παραβολή, from Ancient Greek παραβάλλω, from Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ- — horse.
Ancestry of “pălăvri”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | palavră | twaddle, nonsense |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | پالاوره | main deck of a man-of-war, the deck below the spar deck |
| 3 | Spanish | palabra | word; wording |
| 4 | Old Spanish | parabla | word |
| 5 | Latin | parabola | A comparison, illustration, likeness; An... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | παραβολή | a placing of two things side by side,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | παραβάλλω | to compare; to set side by side; I set side by... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | πᾰρᾰ- | near; next to; by, near |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | παρά | |
| 10 | Latin | verēdus | A fast or light breed of horse; courier's horse; hunter |
| 11 | Gaulish | werēdos | horse |
| 12 | Proto-Celtic | *uɸoreidos | horse |