Where does “posesoraș” come from?
posesoraș (Romanian) comes from Romanian posesor, from French possesseur, from Latin possessor, from Latin possessus, from Latin possideō, from Latin potis, from Proto-Italic potis, from Proto-Indo-European pótis — to drink.
posesoraș (Romanian): possessor
Definitions
- possessor
Ancestry of “posesoraș”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | posesor | possessor, owner |
| 2 | French | possesseur | possessor |
| 3 | Latin | possessor | possessor, owner; occupier |
| 4 | Latin | possessus | possessed; seized |
| 5 | Latin | possideō | to have, hold, own, possess |
| 6 | Latin | potis | able, capable, possible |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | potis | master, in control of |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pótis | master, ruler; husband |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ph₃tis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₃- | to drink |