Where does “caridă” come from?

caridă (Romanian) comes from Greek γαρίδα, from Ancient Greek καρίς, from Ancient Greek κάραβος — a kind of beetle, probably a longhorn beetle; a...

caridă (Romanian): shrimp

Definitions

  1. shrimp

Ancestry of “caridă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greekγαρίδαshrimp
2Ancient Greekκαρίςshrimp, prawn
3Ancient Greekκάραβοςa kind of beetle, probably a longhorn beetle; a...
Every word from Ancient Greek κάραβοςEvery word from Ancient Greek καρίςEvery word from Greek γαρίδα