Where does “ațâța” come from?

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

ațâța (Romanian): to incite, rouse, stir up, instigate, provoke,...

Definitions

  1. to incite, rouse, stir up, instigate, provoke,...

Ancestry of “ațâța”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinattitiarepresent active infinitive of *attītiō
2Latintitiofirebrand
3Proto-Italictītjōheating
4Proto-Indo-Europeanteih₁-to become hot, melt "or" to end

Words derived from “ațâța”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European teih₁- →Every word from Proto-Italic tītjō →Every word from Latin titio →