Where does “ucisătură” come from?

ucisătură (Romanian) comes from Romanian ucis, from Latin occisus, from Latin occidō, from Latin ob-, from Latin obolus, from Ancient Greek ὀβολός, from Ancient Greek ὀβελός, from Ancient Greek βέλος — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.

ucisătură (Romanian): killing

Definitions

  1. killing

Ancestry of “ucisătură”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianucispast participle of ucide killed; killing, murder,...
2Latinoccisusfelled, having been felled, cut to the ground,...
3Latinoccidōto fall down
4Latinob-towards; against
5Latinobolusobolus (Greek coin)
6Ancient Greekὀβολόςobol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and...
7Ancient Greekὀβελόςa spit, rod; a horizontal line
8Ancient Greekβέλοςmissile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly...
9Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷélHos
10Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷelH-to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷelH-