Where does “fricoșa” come from?

fricoșa (Romanian) comes from Romanian fricos, from Aromanian os, from Latin ossum, from Latin ōs, from Proto-Italic ōs, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ésth₁ — bone.

fricoșa (Romanian): to scare

Definitions

  1. to scare

Ancestry of “fricoșa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianfricoscowardly, fearful, timid
2Aromanianosbone
3Latinossumbone; kernel, stone
4Latinōsmouth
5Proto-Italicōsmouth
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ésth₁bone
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ésth₁ →Every word from Proto-Italic ōs →Every word from Latin ōs →