Where does “căcățiș” come from?

căcățiș (Romanian) comes from Romanian -iș, from Latin -icius, from Latin -icus, from Ancient Greek -ικός, from Ancient Greek -κός, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

căcățiș (Romanian): trifle, junk

Definitions

  1. trifle, junk

Ancestry of “căcățiș”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanian-ișforms collective nouns
2Latin-icius-itious
3Latin-icusbelonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;...
4Ancient Greek-ικόςof or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic
5Ancient Greek-κόςforms adjectives with the sense of 'of or...
6Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic
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