Where does “sfâșia” come from?

sfâșia (Romanian) comes from Romanian fâșie, from Romanian -ie, from Latin -īlia, from Swahili -lia.

sfâșia (Romanian): to break or tear to pieces, tear up

Definitions

  1. to break or tear to pieces, tear up

Ancestry of “sfâșia”, step by step

sfâșia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian fâșie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianfâșieband, bandage, bind, strip; rag; fascine, fagot
2Romanian-ieUsed with a stem to create a noun relating to...
3Latin-īlia—
4Swahili-lia—

via Latin exfasciāre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinexfasciāre—
2Latinfasciāre—

Words derived from “sfâșia”

Every word from Swahili -lia →Every word from Romanian -ie →Every word from Latin -īlia →