Where does “presus” come from?
presus (Romanian) comes from Romanian pre, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.
presus (Romanian): above
Definitions
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Ancestry of “presus”, step by step
presus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian pre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | pre | — |
| 2 | Latin | per | through, by means of; throughout, during |
| 3 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 4 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 5 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 6 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |
via Romanian sus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | sus | up |
| 2 | Latin | sursum | above; upwards, up |
| 3 | Latin | versus | turned, changed, having been turned; towards,... |
| 4 | Latin | vertō | to turn, turn oneself, direct one's way, to turn about, turn around, revolve |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | wertō | to turn |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wert- | to turn, to rotate |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |