Where does “străduință” come from?

străduință (Romanian) comes from Romanian strădui, from Old Church Slavonic страдати, from Proto-Slavic stradati — to suffer.

străduință (Romanian): effort

Definitions

  1. effort

Ancestry of “străduință”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianstrăduito try one's best
2Old Church Slavonicстрадатиto suffer; to work
3Proto-Slavicstradatito suffer
Every word from Proto-Slavic stradati →Every word from Old Church Slavonic страдати →Every word from Romanian strădui →