Where does “paceaură” come from?
paceaură (Romanian) comes from Ottoman Turkish پاچاوره, from Greek πατσαβούρα, from Venetian spazzadura, from Italian spazzatura, from Italian spazzare, from Latin spatiāri, from Latin spatior, from Latin spatium — to succeed, to prosper.
paceaură (Romanian): rag used for cleaning dust; dishcloth
Definitions
- rag used for cleaning dust; dishcloth
Ancestry of “paceaură”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | پاچاوره | rag, tatter, a piece of old cloth, generally used for cleaning, patching, etc |
| 2 | Greek | πατσαβούρα | a swab, rag, any dirty cloth |
| 3 | Venetian | spazzadura | — |
| 4 | Italian | spazzatura | cleaning, sweep; rubbish |
| 5 | Italian | spazzare | to sweep, or to sweep up |
| 6 | Latin | spatiāri | — |
| 7 | Latin | spatior | I go for a walk; walk around; stroll, promenade;... |
| 8 | Latin | spatium | Space, room, extent; Distance between points; A... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | spéh₁- | to succeed, to prosper |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | speh₁- | to succeed, to prosper |