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Where does “vară” come from?

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

vară (Romanian): summer; female cousin

Definitions

  1. summer; female cousin

Ancestry of “vară”, step by step

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

Words derived from “vară”

  • vere
  • verișoară
  • văratic
  • văra
Every word from Proto-Italic *olnos →