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Where does “urâțenie” come from?

urâțenie (Romanian) comes from Romanian urât, from Romanian urî, from Latin horrīre, from Latin horreō, from Proto-Italic horzēō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰr̥séh₁(ye)ti.

urâțenie (Romanian): ugliness, unsightfulness

Definitions

  1. ugliness, unsightfulness

Ancestry of “urâțenie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianurâthated; ugly; past participle of urî
2Romanianurîto hate
3Latinhorrīre—
4Latinhorreō—
5Proto-Italichorzēō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰr̥séh₁(ye)ti—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰr̥séh₁(ye)ti →