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
- luck
Ancestry of “streșă”, step by step
streșă traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French stresser
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | stresser | to stress; to become stressed, to stress out |
| 2 | French | stress | stress (emotional pressure) |
| 3 | English | stress | A physical, chemical, infective agent aggressing... |
| 4 | Middle English | destresse | — |
| 5 | Old French | destrecier | to distress |
| 6 | Latin | distringō | to stretch out or apart |
| 7 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 8 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 9 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |