Where does “supăsărel” come from?
supăsărel (Romanian) comes from Romanian păsărel, from Romanian pasăre, from Romanian păsa, from French passer, from Middle French passer, from Old French passer, from Vulgar Latin passare, from Latin passus — to hate, hurt.
supăsărel (Romanian): shrike
Definitions
- shrike
Ancestry of “supăsărel”, step by step
supăsărel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian păsărel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | păsărel | male birdie |
| 2 | Romanian | pasăre | bird |
| 3 | Romanian | păsa | to care; to go, leave; to walk; to try, to look... |
| 4 | French | passer | to go past; to cross; to pass |
| 5 | Middle French | passer | to pass; to go by |
| 6 | Old French | passer | to pass; to pass by |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | passare | to walk, pass; step, walk, pass; present active... |
| 8 | Latin | passus | spread out; dried; step |
| 9 | Latin | patior | I suffer, endure; I allow, acquiesce, permit,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₁- | to hate, hurt |