Where does “sezină” come from?
sezină (Romanian) comes from French saisine, from Old French seisin, from Old French seisir, from Latin sacīre, from Frankish sakjan, from Proto-Germanic sakjaną, from Proto-Germanic sakaną, from Proto-Indo-European sh₂g- — to seek out.
sezină (Romanian): seisin
Definitions
- seisin
Ancestry of “sezină”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | saisine | vesting of a court with a case; seisin |
| 2 | Old French | seisin | act of seizing |
| 3 | Old French | seisir | to grip; to seize |
| 4 | Latin | sacīre | — |
| 5 | Frankish | sakjan | to sue, bring a legal charge against; to sue,... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | sakjaną | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | sakaną | to charge, dispute |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sh₂g- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | seh₂g- | to seek out |