Where does “preocupare” come from?
preocupare (Romanian) comes from Romanian preocupa, from French préoccuper, from Latin praeoccupo, from Latin occupō, from Latin ob-, from Latin obolus, from Ancient Greek ὀβολός, from Ancient Greek ὀβελός — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.
preocupare (Romanian): concern
Definitions
- concern
Ancestry of “preocupare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | preocupa | to occupy oneself |
| 2 | French | préoccuper | to concern, preoccupy |
| 3 | Latin | praeoccupo | I seize or occupy beforehand: I preoccupy; I... |
| 4 | Latin | occupō | to occupy, fill, take up |
| 5 | Latin | ob- | towards; against |
| 6 | Latin | obolus | obolus (Greek coin) |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ὀβολός | obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ὀβελός | a spit, rod; a horizontal line |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | βέλος | missile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷélHos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷelH- | to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing |