Where does “Valea Lungă Gorgota” come from?

Valea Lungă Gorgota (Romanian) comes from Romanian lung, from Latin longus, from Latin -ē, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus, from Latin calx, from Ancient Greek χάλιξ — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

Ancestry of “Valea Lungă Gorgota”, step by step

Valea Lungă Gorgota traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian lung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianlunglong
2Latinlongusfar, long; extended, prolonged; long; tedious,...
3Latinly; used to form adverbs from adjectives
4Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
5Latincalceusshoe
6Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
7Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

via Romanian vale

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianvalevalley
2Latinvallisvalley, vale; hollow; dative plural of vāllum
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanwēlH-to roll, to undulate
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanwelH-to turn, to wind

via Romanian Gorgota

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RomanianGorgota
Every word from Ancient Greek χάλιξEvery word from Latin dis-Every word from Latin