Where does “foarfece” come from?

foarfece (Romanian) comes from Latin forfex, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrdʰ-.

foarfece (Romanian): scissors, pair of scissors; shears

Definitions

  1. scissors, pair of scissors; shears

Ancestry of “foarfece”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinforfexpair of shears or scissors
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrdʰ-—

Words derived from “foarfece”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰrdʰ- →Every word from Latin forfex →