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
- foam
Ancestry of “spumă”, step by step
spumă traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin spūma
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | spūma | foam, froth, slime |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)poHy-m-os | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)poH(y)- | foam |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | speh₁- | to succeed, to prosper |
via Latin spūmāre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | spūmāre | — |