Where does “preacurvă” come from?

preacurvă (Romanian) comes from Romanian prea, from Old Church Slavonic прѣ-, from Proto-Slavic per-, from Proto-Slavic pro-, from Proto-Slavic *pro, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *pra, from Proto-Indo-European pró, from Proto-Indo-European per- — passed , crossed.

preacurvă (Romanian): adulterer woman

Definitions

  1. adulterer woman

Ancestry of “preacurvă”, step by step

preacurvă traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian prea

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianpreatoo
2Old Church Slavonicпрѣ-over
3Proto-Slavicper-over-; re-
4Proto-Slavicpro-pro-, for-, through
5Proto-Slavic*profor
6Proto-Balto-Slavic*pra
7Proto-Indo-Europeanprótoward, leading to
8Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

via Romanian curvă

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniancurvăwhore; a promiscuous woman
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós
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