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Where does “urmărire” come from?

urmărire (Romanian) comes from Romanian urmări, from Romanian urmă, 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- — to smell, stink; to hate; to bite.

urmărire (Romanian): tracking; pursuance, pursuit

Definitions

  1. tracking; pursuance, pursuit

Ancestry of “urmărire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianurmărito watch; to follow, to pursue
2Romanianurmătrace, mark, sign; imprint, vestige; track,...
3Vulgar Latin*orma—
4Latinosmasmell, odour
5Ancient Greekὀσμήsmell, scent, odour; stench, stink; the sense of...
6Ancient Greekὄζωto smell; there is a smell
7Proto-Hellenicóďďōto smell
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ed-ye-—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ed-to smell, stink; to hate; to bite
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