Where does “bobușor” come from?

bobușor (Romanian) comes from Romanian bob, from Serbo-Croatian bȍb, from English Bob, from Middle English bobben — to strike, to shake; to strike, beat, shake, jog.

bobușor (Romanian): Vicia dumetorum

Definitions

  1. Vicia dumetorum

Ancestry of “bobușor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RomanianbobA type of bean, field bean, horse bean, broad...
2Serbo-Croatianbȍbbroad bean
3EnglishBobA generic male person
4Middle Englishbobbento strike, to shake; to strike, beat, shake, jog
Every word from Middle English bobben →Every word from English Bob →Every word from Serbo-Croatian bȍb →