Where does “feciorește” come from?

feciorește (Romanian) comes from Romanian fecioară, from Vulgar Latin fetiola, from Latin fēta, from Latin fētus, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁(y)- — to suckle, nurse.

feciorește (Romanian): maidenlike

Definitions

  1. maidenlike

Ancestry of “feciorește”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianfecioarăvirgin, maiden; virgin
2Vulgar Latinfetiola—
3Latinfētawoman or female animal that has just given birth
4Latinfētuspregnant, full of young
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁(y)-to suckle, nurse
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁(y)- →Every word from Latin fētus →Every word from Latin fēta →