Where does “colică” come from?

colică (Romanian) comes from French colique, from Ancient Greek κωλικός, from Ancient Greek -ικός, from Ancient Greek -κός, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

colică (Romanian): colic

Definitions

  1. colic

Ancestry of “colică”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcoliquecolic; diarrhoea
2Ancient Greekκωλικόςsuffering in the colon
3Ancient Greek-ικόςof or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic
4Ancient Greek-κόςforms adjectives with the sense of 'of or...
5Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos →Every word from Ancient Greek -ικός →Every word from Ancient Greek -κός →