Where does “sarsaparilă” come from?
sarsaparilă (Romanian) comes from French salsepareille, from Italian salsapariglia, from Spanish zarzaparrilla, from Spanish parrilla, from Spanish -illa, from Old Spanish -iella, from Latin -ella, from Latin -ellus — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
sarsaparilă (Romanian): sarsaparilla
Definitions
- sarsaparilla
Ancestry of “sarsaparilă”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | salsepareille | sarsaparilla |
| 2 | Italian | salsapariglia | sarsaparilla (plant) |
| 3 | Spanish | zarzaparrilla | sarsaparilla |
| 4 | Spanish | parrilla | grill; grid; small grapevine |
| 5 | Spanish | -illa | Added to feminine nouns to denote a diminutive... |
| 6 | Old Spanish | -iella | A diminutive suffix |
| 7 | Latin | -ella | inflection of -ellus: ## nominative/vocative... |
| 8 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 9 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |