descurca
Moldavian
verb
Definitions
- to unravel
- (figuratively) to manage, solve, clear up
Etymology
Prefix from Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan încurca derived from Latin *de-obscuricare, obscurus (dark, unrecognized, unknown, secret).
Origin
Latin
obscurus
Gloss
dark, unrecognized, unknown, secret
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
暗, 闇, 冥
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *de-obscuricare Latin
- incolicāre Latin
- obscuripennis Latin
- obscuritas Latin
- obscurus Latin
- perobscurus Latin
- obskúrus Hungarian
- oscuro Italian
- obscuro Spanish, Castilian
- *skuH-ro- Proto-Indo-European
- descurcăreț Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- încurca Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- scuru Sicilian