Where does “sebeșancă” come from?
sebeșancă (Romanian) comes from Romanian sebeșan, from Hungarian sebes, from Hungarian seb, from English Sebastian, from Latin Sebastianus, from Latin Sebastus, from Ancient Greek Σεβαστός, from Latin Augustus.
Ancestry of “sebeșancă”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | sebeșan | from or pertaining to Sebeș |
| 2 | Hungarian | sebes | wounded; fast, quick |
| 3 | Hungarian | seb | wound |
| 4 | English | Sebastian | — |
| 5 | Latin | Sebastianus | — |
| 6 | Latin | Sebastus | — |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | Σεβαστός | august, venerable, exalted |
| 8 | Latin | Augustus | venerable |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ewg- | to increase, to enlarge |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂weg- | to increase, to enlarge |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ug- | — |