Where does “focă” come from?

focă (Romanian) comes from French phoque, from Latin phōca, from Ancient Greek φώκη — seal.

focă (Romanian): seal

Definitions

  1. seal

Ancestry of “focă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchphoqueseal; sealskin
2Latinphōcaseal (marine animal)
3Ancient Greekφώκηseal

Words derived from “focă”

Every word from Ancient Greek φώκη →Every word from Latin phōca →Every word from French phoque →