Where does “partizan” come from?
partizan (Romanian) comes from French partisan, from Italian partigiano, from Italian -igiano, from Latin -ensis, from Latin arvum, from Latin colō, from Latin quelō, from Proto-Italic kʷelō — to turn.
partizan (Romanian): partisan
Definitions
- partisan
Ancestry of “partizan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | partisan | supporter, proponent, advocate; partisan,... |
| 2 | Italian | partigiano | partisan; a member of the Italian resistance... |
| 3 | Italian | -igiano | forms nouns and adjectives indicating geographical origin |
| 4 | Latin | -ensis | Of or from |
| 5 | Latin | arvum | field; farm land |
| 6 | Latin | colō | to cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden |
| 7 | Latin | quelō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |