Where does “beretă” come from?

beretă (Romanian) comes from French béret, from Occitan berret, from Medieval Latin birretum, from Late Latin birrus, from Gaulish birrus, from Proto-Celtic birros — short.

beretă (Romanian): beret

Definitions

  1. beret

Ancestry of “beretă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbéretberet
2Occitanberretcap
3Medieval Latinbirretum—
4Late Latinbirrusa kind of cloak; large hooded cloak; hooded coat
5Gaulishbirrusshort cloak
6Proto-Celticbirrosshort
Every word from Proto-Celtic birros →Every word from Gaulish birrus →Every word from Late Latin birrus →