Where does “strâmbătățire” come from?
strâmbătățire (Romanian) comes from Romanian strâmbătăți, 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-.
strâmbătățire (Romanian): persecution
Definitions
- persecution
Ancestry of “strâmbătățire”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | strâmbătăți | to wrong |
| 2 | Romanian | strâmbătate | injustice |
| 3 | Romanian | strâmba | to bend, twist, distort, make crooked; to... |
| 4 | Romanian | strâmb | crooked, bent |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | strambus | squinting, crosseyed, crooked, distorted |
| 6 | Latin | strabus | squinting, crooked, slanted |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | στραβός | distorted, oblique; squinting, squint-eyed |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | strebʰ- | — |