Where does “Amăricuței” come from?

Amăricuței (Romanian) comes from Romanian Măricuța, from Romanian -uță, from Romanian -uț, from Latin -utus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

Ancestry of “Amăricuței”, step by step

Amăricuței traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian Măricuța

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RomanianMăricuța—
2Romanian-uțăfemale equivalent of -uț
3Romanian-uțForms masculine diminutives of nouns and...
4Latin-utus—
5Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
6Proto-Italic-tus—
7Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

via Romanian A

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RomanianA—
2Vulgar Latinae(t)—
3Latinhabetthird-person singular present active indicative...
4LatinhabeoI have, hold; I own, have; I possess, have
5Proto-Italichabēō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʰh₁bʰ-to grab, to take; to grab, take
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Romanian -uță →