Where does “Urițescu” come from?

Urițescu (Romanian) comes from Romanian Urîtu, from Romanian urât, from Romanian urî, from Latin horrīre, from Latin horreō, from Proto-Italic horzēō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰr̥séh₁(ye)ti.

Ancestry of “Urițescu”, step by step

Urițescu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian Urîtu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RomanianUrîtu—
2Romanianurâthated; ugly; past participle of urî
3Romanianurîto hate
4Latinhorrīre—
5Latinhorreōto stand erect, stand on end
6Proto-Italichorzēō—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰr̥séh₁(ye)ti—

via Romanian Urâtu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RomanianUrâtu—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰr̥séh₁(ye)ti →Every word from Proto-Italic horzēō →Every word from Latin horreō →