Where does “păsărar” come from?
păsărar (Romanian) comes from Romanian pasăre, from Romanian păsa, from French passer, from Middle French passer, from Old French passer, from Vulgar Latin passare, from Latin passus, from Latin patior — to hate, hurt.
păsărar (Romanian): fowler; birdman
Ancestry of “păsărar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Romanian | pasăre | bird |
| 2 | Romanian | păsa | to care; to go, leave; to walk; to try, to look... |
| 3 | French | passer | to go past; to cross; to pass |
| 4 | Middle French | passer | to pass; to go by |
| 5 | Old French | passer | to pass; to pass by |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | passare | to walk, pass; step, walk, pass; present active... |
| 7 | Latin | passus | spread out; dried; step |
| 8 | Latin | patior | I suffer, endure; I allow, acquiesce, permit,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₁- | to hate, hurt |