Where does “Puricescu” come from?

Puricescu (Romanian) comes from Aromanian puric, from Latin pūlicō, from Latin pūlex, from Proto-Indo-European *plus- — flea.

Ancestry of “Puricescu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Aromanianpuricflea; I clean something of fleas
2Latinpūlicō—
3Latinpūlexflea
4Proto-Indo-European*plus-flea
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *plus- →Every word from Latin pūlex →Every word from Latin pūlicō →