Where does “sinistru” come from?
sinistru (Romanian) comes from French sinistré, from Latin sinister, from Proto-Italic senisteros.
sinistru (Romanian): sinister
Ancestry of “sinistru”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | sinistré | destroyed by a natural catastrophe; victim of a... |
| 2 | Latin | sinister | left; perverse, bad; or adverse, hostile;... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | senisteros | — |
Words derived from “sinistru”