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Where does “văra” come from?

văra (Romanian) comes from Romanian vară, from Romanian -ă, from Latin illa, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos.

văra (Romanian): to spend the summer; to summer; to keep livestock...

Definitions

  1. to spend the summer; to summer; to keep livestock...

Ancestry of “văra”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianvarăsummer; female cousin
2Romanian-ă—
3Latinillanominative feminine singular of ille; nominative...
4Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
5LatinolleArchaic form of ille
6Proto-Italic*olnos—
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