Where does “bifurca” come from?

bifurca (Romanian) comes from French bifurquer, from Latin bifurcus, from Latin bi-, from Proto-Italic *dwi- — two, bi-, di.

bifurca (Romanian): to bifurcate, fork, branch, split

Definitions

  1. to bifurcate, fork, branch, split

Ancestry of “bifurca”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbifurquerto bifurcate
2Latinbifurcustwo-pronged
3Latinbi-having two parts; occurring twice
4Proto-Italic*dwi-two, bi-, di

Words derived from “bifurca”

Every word from Proto-Italic *dwi- →Every word from Latin bi- →Every word from Latin bifurcus →