Where does “транжира” come from?
транжира (Russian) comes from Russian транжи́рить, from German tranchieren, from French trancher, from Italian trinciare, from Spanish trinchar, from Old French trenchier, from Vulgar Latin trinicare, from Latin trini.
транжира (Russian): squanderer
Definitions
- squanderer
Ancestry of “транжира”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | транжи́рить | to squander, to waste, to blow |
| 2 | German | tranchieren | to carve, to slice |
| 3 | French | trancher | to slice, to cut into slices; to complete,... |
| 4 | Italian | trinciare | to blank, shear, or trench; to cut up, shred, or... |
| 5 | Spanish | trinchar | to carve |
| 6 | Old French | trenchier | to cut |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | trinicare | cut into three parts; cut in three parts |
| 8 | Latin | trini | nominative masculine plural of trīnus; genitive... |
| 9 | Latin | tres | three; 3 |
| 10 | English | three | A numerical value after two and before four.... |
| 11 | Middle English | thre | three |
| 12 | Old English | þrī | three |
| 13 | Proto-West Germanic | þrīʀ | three |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | þrīz | three |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | *tréyes | — |