Where does “sinapsă” come from?

sinapsă (Romanian) comes from French synapse, from Ancient Greek σύναψις, from Ancient Greek συνάπτω, from Ancient Greek σῠν-, from Ancient Greek σύν, from Proto-Hellenic *ksún — beside, with.

sinapsă (Romanian): synapse

Definitions

  1. synapse

Ancestry of “sinapsă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsynapsesynapse
2Ancient Greekσύναψιςcontact; point or line of junction; union,...
3Ancient GreekσυνάπτωI join together, connect
4Ancient Greekσῠν-together; with, together
5Ancient Greekσύνbeside, with
6Proto-Hellenic*ksúnbeside, with
Every word from Proto-Hellenic *ksúnEvery word from Ancient Greek σῠν-Every word from Ancient Greek σύν
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