From a Vulgar Latin root *supercenna, from *supergenna, formed from a confusion of Latin supercilia and gena (whence came Romanian geană), or from supercilia with influence from geană in early Romanian or Proto-Romanian, analogous to the original Latin deriving from super (“above”) + cilia (“eyelash”). Compare Spanish sobreceño. The Romanian word (as well as the Aromanian equivalent sprindzeanã) developed a nasal infix, similarly to Portuguese sobrancelha, Romansh survantscheglia. Cf. also sufruncea.
sprânceană f (plural sprâncene)
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (o) sprânceană | sprânceana | (niște) sprâncene | sprâncenele |
| genitive/dative | (unei) sprâncene | sprâncenei | (unor) sprâncene | sprâncenelor |
| vocative | sprânceană, sprânceano | sprâncenelor | ||