Where does “subantrepriză” come from?

subantrepriză (Romanian) comes from Romanian antrepriză, from French entreprise, from French entreprendre, from Old French entreprendre, from Old French prendre, from Latin prendere, from Latin prehendere, from Latin prae- — passed , crossed.

subantrepriză (Romanian): subcontractor

Definitions

  1. subcontractor

Ancestry of “subantrepriză”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianantreprizăcompany, business
2Frenchentreprisecompany, business; enterprise, project
3Frenchentreprendreto undertake
4Old Frenchentreprendreto capture; to take; to abduct; to undertake; to...
5Old Frenchprendreto take
6Latinprenderethird-person plural perfect active indicative of...
7Latinprehenderethird-person plural perfect active indicative of...
8Latinprae-before; in front; in charge
9Proto-Italicprai-pre-, before
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpreh₂-before, in front
11Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tósEvery word from Proto-Indo-European per-Every word from Proto-Indo-European preh₂-