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Where does “spumă” come from?

spumă (Romanian) comes from Latin spūma, from Proto-Indo-European (s)poHy-m-os, from Proto-Indo-European (s)poH(y)-, from Proto-Indo-European speh₁- — to succeed, to prosper.

spumă (Romanian): foam

Definitions

  1. foam

Ancestry of “spumă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinspūma—
2Proto-Indo-European(s)poHy-m-os—
3Proto-Indo-European(s)poH(y)-foam
4Proto-Indo-Europeanspeh₁-to succeed, to prosper

Words derived from “spumă”

  • spumos
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