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Where does “broască râioasă” come from?

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

broască râioasă (Romanian): toad

Definitions

  1. toad

Ancestry of “broască râioasă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianbroascăfrog; lock
2Vulgar Latinbrosca—
3Latinbroscus—
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