Where does “ațâțătură” come from?

ațâțătură (Romanian) comes from Romanian ațâța, from Vulgar Latin attitiare, from Latin titio, from Proto-Italic tītjō, from Proto-Indo-European teih₁- — to become hot, melt "or" to end.

ațâțătură (Romanian): kindling

Definitions

  1. kindling

Ancestry of “ațâțătură”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianațâțato incite, rouse, stir up, instigate, provoke,...
2Vulgar Latinattitiarepresent active infinitive of *attītiō
3Latintitiofirebrand
4Proto-Italictītjōheating
5Proto-Indo-Europeanteih₁-to become hot, melt "or" to end
Every word from Proto-Indo-European teih₁- →Every word from Proto-Italic tītjō →Every word from Latin titio →