Where does “prăpăd” come from?

prăpăd (Romanian) comes from Romanian prăpădi, from Bulgarian пропадам, from Bulgarian па́дам, from Proto-Slavic pàdati — to fall, to topple down.

prăpăd (Romanian): havoc

Definitions

  1. havoc

Ancestry of “prăpăd”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianprăpădito ravage, lay waste, annihilate, destroy; to...
2Bulgarianпропадамto fall through, to sink to fall suddenly into a deep hollow, hole, opening, or empty space
3Bulgarianпа́дамto fall, to drop to descend into a lower position
4Proto-Slavicpàdatito fall, to topple down

Words derived from “prăpăd”

Every word from Proto-Slavic pàdati →Every word from Bulgarian па́дам →Every word from Bulgarian пропадам →