Where does “streșă” come from?

streșă (Romanian) comes from French stresser, from French stress, from English stress, from Middle English destresse, from Old French destrecier, from Latin distringō, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

streșă (Romanian): luck

Definitions

  1. luck

Ancestry of “streșă”, step by step

streșă traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French stresser

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchstresserto stress; to become stressed, to stress out
2Frenchstressstress (emotional pressure)
3EnglishstressA physical, chemical, infective agent aggressing...
4Middle Englishdestresse
5Old Frenchdestrecierto distress
6Latindistringōto stretch out or apart
7Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
8Latincalceusshoe
9Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
10Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

via Serbo-Croatian sreća

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatiansrećahappiness; luck; fortune
2Proto-Slavicsъręťa
Every word from Ancient Greek χάλιξEvery word from Latin dis-Every word from Latin calx
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