Where does “布加勒斯特” come from?

布加勒斯特 (Chinese) comes from English Bucharest, from Russian Бухаре́ст, from Romanian București, from Romanian -ești, from Latin -ēscō, from Proto-Italic *-ēskō.

Ancestry of “布加勒斯特”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBucharestThe Romanian government
2RussianБухаре́ст—
3RomanianBucureștiBucharest
4Romanian-eștiplural of -esc; Used with a stem to form the...
5Latin-ēscōAttaches to a stem (a noun or adjective) to form a verb meaning “to become [stem]” or similar
6Proto-Italic*-ēskō—
Every word from Proto-Italic *-ēskō →Every word from Romanian -ești →Every word from Latin -ēscō →