Where does “strâmba” come from?

strâmba (Romanian) comes from Romanian strâmb, from Vulgar Latin strambus, from Latin strabus, from Ancient Greek στραβός, from Proto-Indo-European strebʰ-.

strâmba (Romanian): to bend, twist, distort, make crooked; to...

Definitions

  1. to bend, twist, distort, make crooked; to...

Ancestry of “strâmba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianstrâmbcrooked, bent
2Vulgar Latinstrambussquinting, crosseyed, crooked, distorted
3Latinstrabussquinting, crooked, slanted
4Ancient Greekστραβόςdistorted, oblique; squinting, squint-eyed
5Proto-Indo-Europeanstrebʰ-—

Words derived from “strâmba”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European strebʰ- →Every word from Ancient Greek στραβός →Every word from Latin strabus →
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