Where does “repezime” come from?
repezime (Romanian) comes from Romanian repede, from Latin rapidus, from Latin rapiō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rp-i-, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rep- — to rip, snatch, tear, pinch; to seize, pluck; to...
repezime (Romanian): speed
Definitions
- speed
Ancestry of “repezime”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | repede | fast, quick, rapid; fast, quickly, rapidly |
| 2 | Latin | rapidus | rapid, quick, swift; fierce, seizing; hasty,... |
| 3 | Latin | rapiō | to snatch, grab, carry off, abduct, rape, steal |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁rp-i- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁rep- | to rip, snatch, tear, pinch; to seize, pluck; to... |