Where does “prundăraș de deșert” come from?
prundăraș de deșert (Romanian) comes from Romanian deșert, from French désert, from Old French desert, from Latin dēsertum, from Latin dēsertus, from Latin dēserō, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē — afterwards, post; by, at.
prundăraș de deșert (Romanian): greater sand plover (Charadrius leschenaultii)
Definitions
- greater sand plover (Charadrius leschenaultii)
Ancestry of “prundăraș de deșert”, step by step
prundăraș de deșert traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian deșert
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | deșert | empty, bare, desolate, vacant, deserted; desert,... |
| 2 | French | désert | desert; deserted |
| 3 | Old French | desert | desert (desolate terrain) |
| 4 | Latin | dēsertum | a desert, wasteland |
| 5 | Latin | dēsertus | deserted, abandoned, forsaken; having been deserted, etc |
| 6 | Latin | dēserō | to leave, depart, desert, quit |
| 7 | Latin | dē- | of; from |
| 8 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 9 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 10 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |
via Romanian prundăraș
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | prundăraș | little ringed plover |
| 2 | Romanian | prund | sand or gravel found on the bottom of bodies of... |
| 3 | Old Church Slavonic | прѫдъ | — |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | prǫdъ | stream, current; sand bank; swift, rapid |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | pręsti | to spin |
| 6 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | (s)prenˀd- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)prend- | to spin, to swift; to sprint |
via Romanian de
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | de | from; of; by |