Where does “faclă” come from?

faclă (Romanian) comes from Greek φάκλα, from Latin facula, from Latin fax, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʷʰeh₂k- — to shine.

faclă (Romanian): torch

Definitions

  1. torch

Ancestry of “faclă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greekφάκλα
2Latinfaculasmall torch
3Latinfaxtorch, firebrand; fireball, comet; cause of ruin,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʷʰeh₂k-to shine

Words derived from “faclă

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʷʰeh₂k-Every word from Latin faxEvery word from Latin facula
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