Where does “Petrești” come from?

Petrești (English) comes from Romanian Petrești, from Romanian -ești, from Latin -ēscō, from Proto-Italic *-ēskō.

Petrești (English): The name of a number of locations in Romania

Definitions

  1. The name of a number of locations in Romania

Ancestry of “Petrești”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RomanianPetrești
2Romanian-eștiplural of -esc; Used with a stem to form the...
3Latin-ēscōAttaches to a stem (a noun or adjective) to form a verb meaning “to become [stem]” or similar
4Proto-Italic*-ēskō
Every word from Proto-Italic *-ēskōEvery word from Romanian -eștiEvery word from Latin -ēscō