Where does “urmă” come from?
urmă (Romanian) comes from Vulgar Latin *orma, from Latin osma, from Ancient Greek ὀσμή, from Ancient Greek ὄζω, from Proto-Hellenic óďďō, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ed-ye-, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ed- — to smell, stink; to hate; to bite.
urmă (Romanian): trace, mark, sign; imprint, vestige; track,...
Definitions
- trace, mark, sign; imprint, vestige; track,...
Ancestry of “urmă”, step by step
urmă traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vulgar Latin *orma
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | *orma | — |
| 2 | Latin | osma | smell, odour |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ὀσμή | smell, scent, odour; stench, stink; the sense of... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ὄζω | to smell; there is a smell |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | óďďō | to smell |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ed-ye- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ed- | to smell, stink; to hate; to bite |
via Latin osmare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | osmare | — |