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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

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