Where does “violentare” come from?
violentare (Romanian) comes from Romanian violență, from French violenter, from French violent, from Old French violent, from Latin violentus, from Latin -entus, from Latin cruentus, from Latin cruor — blood outside the body.
violentare (Romanian): violation, inflicting violence
Definitions
- violation, inflicting violence
Ancestry of “violentare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | violență | violence |
| 2 | French | violenter | to subject to violence, commit violence upon; to... |
| 3 | French | violent | violent; inflection of violer: ## third-person... |
| 4 | Old French | violent | violent using violence |
| 5 | Latin | violentus | forcible, violent, vehement; impetuous;... |
| 6 | Latin | -entus | adjective-forming suffix meaning abounding in,... |
| 7 | Latin | cruentus | bloody in its various senses, "particularly:" |
| 8 | Latin | cruor | blood, gore; murder, bloodshed |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | krewh₂- | blood outside the body |