Where does “priviti” come from?

priviti (Romanian) comes from Polish przywitać, from Polish witać, from Proto-Slavic vitati, from Proto-Indo-European weyh₁- — to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute.

priviti (Romanian): to greet

Definitions

  1. to greet

Ancestry of “priviti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishprzywitaćto greet, to welcome
2Polishwitaćto greet, to welcome; to say hello, to greet
3Proto-Slavicvitatito live, dwell; to welcome, greet
4Proto-Indo-Europeanweyh₁-to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyh₁- →Every word from Proto-Slavic vitati →Every word from Polish witać →