Where does “plusvaloare” come from?
plusvaloare (Romanian) comes from Romanian plus, from German Plüsch, from French peluche, from Old French peluchier, from Vulgar Latin *pilūc(i)cāre, from Latin pilāre, from Latin pila, from Latin pīlus — to grind, to crush.
plusvaloare (Romanian): value added
Definitions
- value added
Ancestry of “plusvaloare”, step by step
plusvaloare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian plus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | plus | plus, and; plus, addition, extra, surplus |
| 2 | German | Plüsch | plush |
| 3 | French | peluche | plush (toy), fluff |
| 4 | Old French | peluchier | to peel; to clean |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | *pilūc(i)cāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | pilāre | — |
| 7 | Latin | pila | mortar; pillar; pier |
| 8 | Latin | pīlus | a hair |
| 9 | Latin | pīlum | a pounder, pestle |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | pistlom | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pis-tlo- | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | peys- | to grind, to crush |
via Romanian valoare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | valoare | value, worth |
| 2 | French | valeur | value, worth; valor, gallantry |
| 3 | Old French | valur | value; valor; braveness |
| 4 | Latin | valor | value, worth |
| 5 | Latin | -or | used to form a third-declension masculine... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -ōs | Creates masculine action nouns or result nouns... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōs | Creates masculine and feminine action nouns or... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -oss | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |