Where does “urmaș” come from?
urmaș (Romanian) comes 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-, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ed- — to smell, stink; to hate; to bite.
urmaș (Romanian): successor, descendant, offspring, inheritor, heir
Definitions
- successor, descendant, offspring, inheritor, heir
Ancestry of “urmaș”, step by step
urmaș traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian urmă
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | urmă | trace, mark, sign; imprint, vestige; track,... |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | *orma | — |
| 3 | Latin | osma | smell, odour |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ὀσμή | smell, scent, odour; stench, stink; the sense of... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ὄζω | to smell; there is a smell |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | óďďō | to smell |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ed-ye- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ed- | to smell, stink; to hate; to bite |