Where does “buboi” come from?
buboi (Romanian) comes from Romanian bubă, from Ukrainian буба.
buboi (Romanian): furuncle, boil, abscess
Ancestry of “buboi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Romanian | bubă | swelling, bump; abscess, boil, lesion; a minor... |
| 2 | Ukrainian | буба | — |