Where does “strâmbătăți” come from?
strâmbătăți (Romanian) comes from Romanian strâmbătate, from Romanian strâmba, from Romanian strâmb, from Vulgar Latin strambus, from Latin strabus, from Ancient Greek στραβός, from Proto-Indo-European strebʰ-.
strâmbătăți (Romanian): to wrong
Definitions
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Ancestry of “strâmbătăți”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | strâmbătate | injustice |
| 2 | Romanian | strâmba | to bend, twist, distort, make crooked; to... |
| 3 | Romanian | strâmb | crooked, bent |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | strambus | squinting, crosseyed, crooked, distorted |
| 5 | Latin | strabus | squinting, crooked, slanted |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | στραβός | distorted, oblique; squinting, squint-eyed |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | strebʰ- | — |