Where does “albinușă” come from?

albinușă (Romanian) comes from Romanian albină, from Vulgar Latin alvina, from Latin alvus, from Proto-Indo-European h₂él- — to grow, nourish.

albinușă (Romanian): small bee

Definitions

  1. small bee

Ancestry of “albinușă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianalbinăbee
2Vulgar Latinalvinabeehive
3Latinalvusbelly, bowels, paunch; excrement; flux,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂él-to grow, nourish
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂él- →Every word from Latin alvus →Every word from Vulgar Latin alvina →