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Where does “stăpână” come from?

stăpână (Romanian) comes from Romanian stăpân, from Proto-Slavic stopanъ.

stăpână (Romanian): mistress, owner, proprietor

Definitions

  1. mistress, owner, proprietor

Ancestry of “stăpână”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianstăpânmaster, owner, possessor
2Proto-Slavicstopanъ—
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