Where does “cronofag” come from?

cronofag (Romanian) comes from Romanian fag, from Latin favus, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōw- — to inflate, swell; to swell, grow, thrive, be,...

cronofag (Romanian): time-consuming

Definitions

  1. time-consuming

Ancestry of “cronofag”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianfagbeech; honeycomb
2Latinfavushoneycomb; a hexagonal pavement stone
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōw-to inflate, swell; to swell, grow, thrive, be,...
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