Where does “chițibușerie” come from?

chițibușerie (Romanian) comes from Romanian chițibușar, from Romanian -ar, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

chițibușerie (Romanian): pettifoggery

Definitions

  1. pettifoggery

Ancestry of “chițibușerie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianchițibușarpettifogging
2Romanian-ar-er
3Latin-āriuser
4Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from Romanian -ar →