Where does “supraexploatare” come from?

supraexploatare (Romanian) comes from Romanian exploatare, from Romanian exploata, from French exploiter, from Old French esploitier, from Old French espleitier, from Vulgar Latin explicitare, from Latin explico, from Latin plicō — to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold.

supraexploatare (Romanian): overexploitation

Definitions

  1. overexploitation

Ancestry of “supraexploatare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianexploatareexploitation
2Romanianexploatato exploit
3Frenchexploiterto exploit
4Old Frenchesploitierto use; to make use of
5Old FrenchespleitierAlternative form of esploitier
6Vulgar Latinexplicitare
7LatinexplicoI unfold, unfurl, uncoil, loosen, undo; I deploy,...
8Latinplicōto fold, bend or flex; to roll up
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpleḱ-to fold, plait, weave
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpel-to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pel-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleḱ-Every word from Latin plicō