Where does “plăsa” come from?

plăsa (Romanian) comes from Vulgar Latin plausare, from Latin plausus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

plăsa (Romanian): to clap, applaud

Definitions

  1. to clap, applaud

Ancestry of “plăsa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinplausare—
2Latinplaususstruck; applause, cheers
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin plausus →
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