Where does “cruciferă” come from?

cruciferă (Romanian) comes from French crucifère, from Latin crucifer, from Latin -fer, from Latin ferō, from Proto-Italic ferō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰéreti, from Proto-Indo-European bʰēr- — shiny, light brown.

cruciferă (Romanian): crucifer

Definitions

  1. crucifer

Ancestry of “cruciferă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcrucifèrecruciferous
2Latincrucifer"the" cross-bearer, that is Jēsūs Chrīstus
3Latin-fer-bearing, -carrying, -bringing
4Latinferōto bear; to carry
5Proto-Italicferōcarry, bear
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰéretito be carrying
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰēr-shiny, light brown
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰēr- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰéreti →Every word from Proto-Italic ferō →