Where does “remorcare” come from?
remorcare (Romanian) comes from Romanian remorcă, from French remorquer, from Italian rimorchiare, from Italian rimorchio, from Latin remurclum, from Latin remurculum, from Latin remulcum, from Ancient Greek ῥυμουλκέω — tow-line.
remorcare (Romanian): tow
Definitions
- tow
Ancestry of “remorcare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | remorcă | trailer |
| 2 | French | remorquer | to tow |
| 3 | Italian | rimorchiare | to tow or tug; to force to do something; to pick... |
| 4 | Italian | rimorchio | tow, towage, towing; trailer; first-person... |
| 5 | Latin | remurclum | — |
| 6 | Latin | remurculum | — |
| 7 | Latin | remulcum | towrope |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ῥυμουλκέω | to pull a towing rope |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | ῥῦμα | tow-line |