Where does “carpelă” come from?

carpelă (Romanian) comes from French carpelle, from New Latin carpellum, from Ancient Greek κᾰρπός, from Proto-Indo-European kerp-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.

carpelă (Romanian): carpel (structural unit of a pistil)

Definitions

  1. carpel (structural unit of a pistil)

Ancestry of “carpelă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcarpellecarpel
2New Latincarpellum—
3Ancient Greekκᾰρπόςwrist; fruit, grain
4Proto-Indo-Europeankerp-to pluck, harvest
5Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth

Words derived from “carpelă”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kerp- →Every word from Ancient Greek κᾰρπός →