Where does “focșăneancă” come from?

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

Ancestry of “focșăneancă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianfocșănean—
2RomanianFocșani—
3RomanianFocșa—
4Romanianfocăseal
5Frenchphoqueseal; sealskin
6Latinphōcaseal (marine animal)
7Ancient Greekφώκηseal
Every word from Ancient Greek φώκη →Every word from Latin phōca →Every word from French phoque →