Where does “ciuboțica-cucului” come from?
ciuboțica-cucului (Romanian) comes from Romanian ciuboțică, from Romanian -ică, from French -ique, from Middle French -ique, from Old French -ique, from Latin -icus, from Proto-Italic *-ikos — forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or pertaining to'.
ciuboțica-cucului (Romanian): cowslip (Primula veris)
Definitions
- cowslip (Primula veris)
Ancestry of “ciuboțica-cucului”, step by step
ciuboțica-cucului traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian ciuboțică
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | ciuboțică | — |
| 2 | Romanian | -ică | forms diminutives |
| 3 | French | -ique | Used to form adjectives from nouns: -ic, -ical,... |
| 4 | Middle French | -ique | ic |
| 5 | Old French | -ique | -ic |
| 6 | Latin | -icus | belonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-ikos | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or pertaining to' |