Where does “pierde-vară” come from?
pierde-vară (Romanian) comes from Romanian pierde, from Latin perdo, from Latin -dō, from Proto-Germanic -dô, from Sicilian di, from Latin dē, from Latin post, from Latin poste — afterwards, post; by, at.
pierde-vară (Romanian): one who wastes time, do-nothing, lazybones; good-for-nothing
Definitions
- one who wastes time, do-nothing, lazybones; good-for-nothing
Ancestry of “pierde-vară”, step by step
pierde-vară traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian pierde
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | pierde | to lose; to waste; to be or become lost |
| 2 | Latin | perdo | I destroy, ruin, wreck; I waste, squander; I lose... |
| 3 | Latin | -dō | to put |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -dô | — |
| 5 | Sicilian | di | Used to indicate possession, after the thing owned and before the owner; of; ’s |
| 6 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 7 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 8 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |