Where does “păsărească” come from?
păsărească (Romanian) comes from Romanian păsăresc, from Romanian pasăre, from Romanian păsa, from French passer, from Middle French passer, from Old French passer, from Vulgar Latin passare, from Latin passus — to hate, hurt.
păsărească (Romanian): double Dutch, gibberish
Definitions
- double Dutch, gibberish
Ancestry of “păsărească”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | păsăresc | birdlike, birdish, of or like a bird;... |
| 2 | Romanian | pasăre | bird |
| 3 | Romanian | păsa | to care; to go, leave; to walk; to try, to look... |
| 4 | French | passer | to go past; to cross; to pass |
| 5 | Middle French | passer | to pass; to go by |
| 6 | Old French | passer | to pass; to pass by |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | passare | to walk, pass; step, walk, pass; present active... |
| 8 | Latin | passus | spread out; dried; step |
| 9 | Latin | patior | I suffer, endure; I allow, acquiesce, permit,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₁- | to hate, hurt |