Where does “andivă” come from?

andivă (Romanian) comes from French endive, from Middle French endive, from Medieval Latin endivia, from Late Latin intibus, from Byzantine Greek ἔντυβον, from Latin intibus — endive, succory.

andivă (Romanian): endive

Definitions

  1. endive

Ancestry of “andivă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchendiveBelgian endive
2Middle Frenchendive—
3Medieval Latinendivia—
4Late Latinintibusendive, succory
5Byzantine Greekἔντυβονendive
6Latinintibusendive, succory
Every word from Latin intibus →Every word from Byzantine Greek ἔντυβον →Every word from Late Latin intibus →