Where does “reajustare” come from?
reajustare (Romanian) comes from Romanian reajusta, from French réajuster, from French ajuster, from French juste, from Old French juste, from Latin iūstus, from Latin iūs, from Latin dīcō — limestone; chalk; the finish line.
reajustare (Romanian): readjustment
Definitions
- readjustment
Ancestry of “reajustare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | reajusta | to readjust |
| 2 | French | réajuster | to adjust, readjust |
| 3 | French | ajuster | to adjust; tweak |
| 4 | French | juste | fair, just; reasonable, appropriate, grounded;... |
| 5 | Old French | juste | — |
| 6 | Latin | iūstus | just, righteous |
| 7 | Latin | iūs | law, right |
| 8 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 9 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 10 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 11 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 12 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 13 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 14 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 15 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |