Where does “suferință” come from?
suferință (Romanian) comes from French souffrance, from Latin sufferentia, from Latin sufferens, from Latin sufferō, from Latin ferō, from Proto-Italic ferō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰéreti, from Proto-Indo-European bʰēr- — shiny, light brown.
suferință (Romanian): suffering, misery, agony
Definitions
- suffering, misery, agony
Ancestry of “suferință”, step by step
suferință traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French souffrance
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | souffrance | sufferance, pain |
| 2 | Latin | sufferentia | a bearing or enduring, toleration, sufferance,... |
| 3 | Latin | sufferens | supporting |
| 4 | Latin | sufferō | to put or lay under |
| 5 | Latin | ferō | to bear; to carry |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | ferō | carry, bear |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰéreti | to be carrying |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰēr- | shiny, light brown |