Where does “uzurpare” come from?
uzurpare (Romanian) comes from Romanian uzurpa, from French usurper, from German usurpieren, from Spanish usurpar, from Portuguese usurpar, from Italian usurpare, from Latin ūsurpō, from Latin ūsus — to rub, turn; to drill, pierce.
uzurpare (Romanian): usurpation
Definitions
- usurpation
Ancestry of “uzurpare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | uzurpa | to usurp |
| 2 | French | usurper | to usurp |
| 3 | German | usurpieren | to usurp |
| 4 | Spanish | usurpar | to usurp |
| 5 | Portuguese | usurpar | to usurp |
| 6 | Italian | usurpare | to usurp, to take over |
| 7 | Latin | ūsurpō | to use, take into use, make use of, employ, apply, practise, exercise, enjoy; perform, execute |
| 8 | Latin | ūsus | use, employment, exercise, advantage |
| 9 | Latin | ūtor | to use, make use of, employ |
| 10 | Proto-Slavic | *ǫtorъ | croze |
| 11 | Proto-Slavic | torъ | paddock, pen |
| 12 | Proto-Slavic | terti | to rub, to scrape; to polish |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | terh₁- | to rub, turn; to drill, pierce |