Where does “puscar” come from?

puscar (Aromanian) comes from Aromanian puscã, from Latin posca, from Latin pōtō, from Latin pōtus, from Latin pōtāre, from Proto-Italic pōtos, from Proto-Indo-European ph₃tós, from Proto-Indo-European peh₃- — to drink.

puscar (Aromanian): vinegar maker or seller

Definitions

  1. vinegar maker or seller

Ancestry of “puscar”, step by step

puscar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Aromanian puscã

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Aromanianpuscãvinegar
2Latinposcaan acidulous drink of vinegar and water
3Latinpōtōto drink
4Latinpōtusdrunk
5Latinpōtāre—
6Proto-Italicpōtosdrunk
7Proto-Indo-Europeanph₃tósdrunk; having drunk
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₃-to drink

via Aromanian ar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1AromanianarI plough
2Latinarōto plough, till; to cultivate land, farm; to acquire by tillage
3Proto-Italicaraōto plough
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éryetito be ploughing
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂erh₃-to plough
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁er-earth
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₃- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ph₃tós →Every word from Proto-Italic pōtos →