Where does “București” come from?

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

București (Romanian): Bucharest

Definitions

  1. Bucharest

Ancestry of “București”, step by step

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

Words derived from “București”

Every word from Proto-Italic *-ēskō →Every word from Romanian -ești →Every word from Latin -ēscō →