Where does “urmăritor” come from?
urmăritor (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.
urmăritor (Romanian): follower
Definitions
- follower
Ancestry of “urmăritor”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | urmări | to watch; to follow, to pursue |
| 2 | Romanian | urmă | trace, mark, sign; imprint, vestige; track,... |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | *orma | — |
| 4 | Latin | osma | smell, odour |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ὀσμή | smell, scent, odour; stench, stink; the sense of... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ὄζω | to smell; there is a smell |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | óďďō | to smell |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ed-ye- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ed- | to smell, stink; to hate; to bite |