Where does “broștean” come from?

broștean (Romanian) comes from Romanian broască, from Vulgar Latin brosca, from Latin broscus.

Ancestry of “broștean”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianbroascăfrog; lock
2Vulgar Latinbrosca—
3Latinbroscus—
Every word from Latin broscus →Every word from Vulgar Latin brosca →Every word from Romanian broască →