Where does “očarati” come from?
očarati (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian čarati, from Serbo-Croatian čar, from Ottoman Turkish كار, from French car, from Latin quare, from Latin rēs, from Latin vindicatio, from Latin vindicō — limestone; chalk; the finish line.
očarati (Serbo-Croatian): to captivate, fascinate, charm, amaze
Definitions
- to captivate, fascinate, charm, amaze
Ancestry of “očarati”, step by step
očarati traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Serbo-Croatian čarati
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | čarati | to cast a spell, practice sorcery |
| 2 | Serbo-Croatian | čar | charm, allure; spell, magic |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | كار | business, negotium, work, affair, scheme; profit,... |
| 4 | French | car | as, since, because, for; a single-decked... |
| 5 | Latin | quare | by what means, how; from what cause, on what... |
| 6 | Latin | rēs | thing, object, stuff |
| 7 | Latin | vindicatio | civil lawsuit; protection, defence; vindication;... |
| 8 | Latin | vindicō | to lay claim to as one's own (often with sibi) |
| 9 | Latin | vindex | claimant, vindicator |
| 10 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 11 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 12 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 13 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 14 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 15 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 16 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 17 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |