Where does “retăbăcire” come from?
retăbăcire (Romanian) comes from Romanian tăbăcire, from Romanian tăbăci, from Romanian tabac, from French tabac, from Spanish tabaco, from Ottoman Turkish طباق, from Arabic طَبَق, from Middle Persian tʾp̄k' — to be warm, be hot.
retăbăcire (Romanian): tanning again
Definitions
- tanning again
Ancestry of “retăbăcire”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | tăbăcire | tanning |
| 2 | Romanian | tăbăci | to tan |
| 3 | Romanian | tabac | tobacco; tanner |
| 4 | French | tabac | tobacco; leaves of certain varieties of the plant... |
| 5 | Spanish | tabaco | tobacco |
| 6 | Ottoman Turkish | طباق | dish, plate, any vessel for holding food, especially a round and shallow one, with a knobbed cover |
| 7 | Arabic | طَبَق | plate |
| 8 | Middle Persian | tʾp̄k' | frying pan |
| 9 | Proto-Iranian | tāpaka- | heater {{non-gloss definition|or}} baking place... |
| 10 | Proto-Iranian | tap- | to warm up, heat; flat |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | tep- | to be warm, be hot |