Where does “sobru” come from?

sobru (Romanian) comes from French sobre, from Old French sobre, from Latin sōbrius, from Latin sē-, from Latin sex, from Proto-Italic seks, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

sobru (Romanian): sober

Definitions

  1. sober

Ancestry of “sobru”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsobresober; modest
2Old Frenchsobre—
3Latinsōbriussober (not drunk)
4Latinsē-apart-; aside-; away
5Latinsexsix; 6
6Proto-Italicsekssix
7Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →Every word from Latin sē- →Every word from Proto-Italic seks →