Where does “bucătar” come from?

bucătar (Romanian) comes from Romanian ar, from Romanian ară, from Latin arō, from Proto-Italic araō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éryeti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂erh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European h₁er- — earth.

bucătar (Romanian): cook

Definitions

  1. cook

Ancestry of “bucătar”, step by step

bucătar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian ar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianarwould; API; first-person singular present...
2Romanianarăto plough
3Latinarōto plough, till; to cultivate land, farm; to acquire by tillage
4Proto-Italicaraōto plough
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éryetito be ploughing
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂erh₃-to plough
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁er-earth

via Romanian bucată

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianbucatăpiece, bit, fragment, morsel; of food
2Vulgar Latinbuccata
3Latinbuccathe lower part of the cheek; the mouth; c. 27 CE...

Words derived from “bucătar

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁er-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂erh₃-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂éryeti