Where does “rezervă” come from?
rezervă (Romanian) comes from French réserve, from French réserver, from Latin reservo, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro- — passed , crossed.
rezervă (Romanian): reserve
Definitions
- reserve
Ancestry of “rezervă”, step by step
rezervă traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French réserve
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | réserve | reservation; reserve, stock; stockroom |
| 2 | French | réserver | to reserve, to make a reservation (for), to book |
| 3 | Latin | reservo | I reserve, retain, save |
| 4 | Latin | rĕ- | back, backwards |
| 5 | Latin | prōdūcō | to lead or bring forth, forward or out |
| 6 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via French réservé
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | réservé | past participle of réserver; reserved, booked;... |