Where does “buboi” come from?
buboi (Romanian) comes from Romanian bubă, from Ukrainian буба.
buboi (Romanian): furuncle, boil, abscess
Definitions
- furuncle, boil, abscess
Ancestry of “buboi”, step by step
buboi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian bubă
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | bubă | swelling, bump; abscess, boil, lesion; a minor... |
| 2 | Ukrainian | буба | — |
via Romanian oi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | oi | indefinite genitive/dative singular of oaie;... |