Where does “căciulă” come from?
căciulă (Romanian) comes from Albanian kësulë, from Byzantine Greek κασοῦλα, from Latin casula, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
căciulă (Romanian): a fur cap
Definitions
- a fur cap
Ancestry of “căciulă”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Albanian | kësulë | brimless cap, skullcap; reticulum, a ruminant's... |
| 2 | Byzantine Greek | κασοῦλα | — |
| 3 | Latin | casula | hut, small cottage; rural property, small farm;... |
| 4 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |