Where does “batjocură” come from?

batjocură (Romanian) comes from Romanian bate, from Latin battere, from Latin battuere, from Proto-Indo-European bʰēdʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰedʰ- — to bend, to press; to stab, dig; to dig.

batjocură (Romanian): derision, ridicule, mocking

Definitions

  1. derision, ridicule, mocking

Ancestry of “batjocură”, step by step

batjocură traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian bate

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianbateto beat; to defeat; to strike, hit, punch
2Latinbattere—
3Latinbattuerethird-person plural perfect active indicative of...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰēdʰ-to bend, fold
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰedʰ-to bend, to press; to stab, dig; to dig

via Romanian joc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianjocgame, play; first-person singular present...
2LatinjocusAlternative spelling of iocus; joke, jest
3Proto-Italicjokosword, saying
4Proto-Indo-Europeanyokosword, utterance
5Proto-Indo-Europeanyek-to utter

Words derived from “batjocură”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰedʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰēdʰ- →Every word from Latin battuere →