Where does “fantă” come from?

fantă (Romanian) comes from French fente, from Latin findita, from Latin findō, from Proto-Italic findō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- — bee.

fantă (Romanian): slot

Definitions

  1. slot

Ancestry of “fantă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfentecleft, fissure, crack; split, crack; slit, slot
2Latinfindita—
3Latinfindōto cleave, break up, separate, divide, split, part
4Proto-Italicfindōsplit, cleave
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeyd-to split
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰey-bee
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd- →Every word from Proto-Italic findō →