Where does “fecioraș” come from?

fecioraș (Romanian) comes from Romanian fecior, from Vulgar Latin fetiolus, from Latin fētus, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁(y)- — to suckle, nurse.

fecioraș (Romanian): small son

Definitions

  1. small son

Ancestry of “fecioraș”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianfecioryouth, boy, child, unmarried young man
2Vulgar Latinfetiolusyoung boy
3Latinfētuspregnant, full of young
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁(y)-to suckle, nurse
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁(y)- →Every word from Latin fētus →Every word from Vulgar Latin fetiolus →