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

Definitions

  1. bad; wrong; sick

Ancestry of “rău”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianfăcătormaker, creator; making, doing
2Romanianfacedo, make; to be made, to be done
3Romanian-tor-er; -ing
4Latin-tor-er
5Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
6Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
7Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “rău”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Romanian -tor →