Where does “alcă pitică asiatică” come from?

alcă pitică asiatică (Romanian) comes from Romanian asiatică, from French asiatique, from Latin asiaticus, from Ancient Greek Ἀσιατικός, from Ancient Greek -τικός, from Ancient Greek -σις, from Ancient Greek -τις, from Proto-Indo-European -tis — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.

alcă pitică asiatică (Romanian): long-billed murrelet (Brachyramphus perdix)

Definitions

  1. long-billed murrelet (Brachyramphus perdix)

Ancestry of “alcă pitică asiatică”, step by step

alcă pitică asiatică traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian asiatică

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RomanianasiaticăAsian woman
2FrenchasiatiqueFrom or pertaining to Asia; Asian; Asiatic
3LatinasiaticusAsiatic
4Ancient GreekἈσιατικόςof Asia Minor, Anatolian
5Ancient Greek-τικόςrelating to, suited to, skilled in, able to,...
6Ancient Greek-σιςAdded to verb stems to form abstract nouns or...
7Ancient Greek-τιςretained after dentals
8Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots

via Romanian Pitică

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RomanianPiticădwarf star
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tisEvery word from Ancient Greek -τικόςEvery word from Ancient Greek Ἀσιατικός