Where does “fasolică” come from?

fasolică (Romanian) comes from Romanian fasole, from Greek φασόλι, from Byzantine Greek φασόλιν, from Koine Greek φασίολος, from Latin phaseolus, from Latin phaselus, from Ancient Greek φάσηλος — cowpea.

fasolică (Romanian): small beans

Definitions

  1. small beans

Ancestry of “fasolică”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianfasolebean; beans
2Greekφασόλιbean, of the genus "Phaseolus"
3Byzantine Greekφασόλιν
4Koine Greekφασίολος
5LatinphaseolusA type of bean with an edible pod; in Antiquity:...
6Latinphaselusa kind of bean with an edible pod, French bean,...
7Ancient Greekφάσηλοςcowpea
Every word from Ancient Greek φάσηλοςEvery word from Latin phaselusEvery word from Latin phaseolus