Where does “păsărie” come from?
păsărie (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.
păsărie (Romanian): bird cage
Definitions
- bird cage
Ancestry of “păsărie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |