Where does “forfecăraș” come from?

forfecăraș (Romanian) comes from Romanian forfecar, from Romanian -ar, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

forfecăraș (Romanian): red crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)

Definitions

  1. red crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)

Ancestry of “forfecăraș”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RomanianforfecarLethrus cephalotes
2Romanian-ar-er
3Latin-āriuser
4Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from Romanian -ar →