Where does “vesperă” come from?
vesperă (Romanian) comes from Latin vespera, from Latin vesper, from Proto-Italic *wesperos, from Proto-Indo-European wek(ʷ)speros, from Proto-Indo-European we-.
vesperă (Romanian): Vespers
Definitions
- Vespers
Ancestry of “vesperă”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | vespera | evening, eventide |
| 2 | Latin | vesper | the evening or vespers; supper, dinner; the... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *wesperos | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wek(ʷ)speros | evening |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | we- | — |