Where does “rău” come from?
rău (Romanian) comes from Romanian făcător, from Romanian face, from Romanian -tor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
rău (Romanian): bad; wrong; sick
Ancestry of “rău”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Romanian | făcător | maker, creator; making, doing |
| 2 | Romanian | face | do, make; to be made, to be done |
| 3 | Romanian | -tor | -er; -ing |
| 4 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |