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Where does “săpunar” come from?

săpunar (Romanian) comes from Romanian săpun, from Latin sāpō, from Proto-Germanic saipǭ, from Proto-Indo-European seyb- — to pour, leak, trickle; to pour out, trickle,...

săpunar (Romanian): soapmaker

Definitions

  1. soapmaker

Ancestry of “săpunar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniansăpunsoap
2Latinsāpō—
3Proto-Germanicsaipǭsoap
4Proto-Indo-Europeanseyb-to pour, leak, trickle; to pour out, trickle,...
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