Where does “preamărit” come from?
preamărit (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.
preamărit (Romanian): august
Definitions
- august
Ancestry of “preamărit”, step by step
preamărit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian prea
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | prea | too |
| 2 | Old Church Slavonic | прѣ- | over |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | per- | over-; re- |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | pro- | pro-, for-, through |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | *pro | for |
| 6 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | *pra | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pró | toward, leading to |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via Romanian mărit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | mărit | husband, married man; first-person singular... |
| 2 | Romanian | mări | plural of mare; to enlarge, make bigger, greater |
| 3 | Romanian | mare | big, large, great; great, mighty; sea |
| 4 | Latin | mare | sea; ablative singular of mās |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | mari | sea |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | móri | sea; standing water |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | mer- | to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland |