Where does “foarficã” come from?

foarficã (Aromanian) comes from Latin forficem, from Latin forfex, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrdʰ-.

foarficã (Aromanian): scissors

Definitions

  1. scissors

Ancestry of “foarficã”, step by step

foarficã traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin forficem

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinforficemaccusative singular of forfex
2Latinforfexpair of shears or scissors
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrdʰ-—

via Latin forficō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinforficōto shear; to cut with shears or scissors

Words derived from “foarficã”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰrdʰ- →Every word from Latin forfex →Every word from Latin forficem →