Where does “пачавра” come from?
пачавра (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish پاچاوره, from Greek πατσαβούρα, from Venetian spazzadura, from Italian spazzatura, from Italian spazzare, from Latin spatiāri, from Latin spatior, from Latin spatium — to succeed, to prosper.
пачавра (Serbo-Croatian): rag, wiping cloth
Definitions
- rag, wiping cloth
Ancestry of “пачавра”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | پاچاوره | rag, tatter, a piece of old cloth, generally used for cleaning, patching, etc |
| 2 | Greek | πατσαβούρα | a swab, rag, any dirty cloth |
| 3 | Venetian | spazzadura | — |
| 4 | Italian | spazzatura | cleaning, sweep; rubbish |
| 5 | Italian | spazzare | to sweep, or to sweep up |
| 6 | Latin | spatiāri | — |
| 7 | Latin | spatior | I go for a walk; walk around; stroll, promenade;... |
| 8 | Latin | spatium | Space, room, extent; Distance between points; A... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | spéh₁- | to succeed, to prosper |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | speh₁- | to succeed, to prosper |