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Where does “bisericuță” come from?

bisericuță (Romanian) comes from Romanian biserică, from Latin basilica, from Ancient Greek βασιλική, from Ancient Greek βασιλεύς, from Proto-Hellenic gʷatiléus — chief; king.

bisericuță (Romanian): clique

Definitions

  1. clique

Ancestry of “bisericuță”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianbisericăchurch
2Latinbasilicabasilica; church; oblong hall with colonnade as a...
3Ancient Greekβασιλικήbasilica; royal thing; royal
4Ancient Greekβασιλεύςchief, master; king, lord, patron
5Proto-Hellenicgʷatiléuschief; king
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