Where does “preamărire” come from?
preamărire (Romanian) comes from Romanian preamări, 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 — passed , crossed.
preamărire (Romanian): exaltation
Definitions
- exaltation
Ancestry of “preamărire”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | preamări | to exalt |
| 2 | Romanian | prea- | prefix added to adjectives or verbs to indicate exaggeration; over |
| 3 | Old Church Slavonic | прѣ- | over |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | per- | over-; re- |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | pro- | pro-, for-, through |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | *pro | for |
| 7 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | *pra | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pró | toward, leading to |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |