Where does “fugă” come from?

fugă (Romanian) comes from Italian fuga, from Latin fuga, from Proto-Italic fugā, from Proto-Indo-European bʰugéh₂, from Proto-Indo-European bʰewg- — to flee; to enjoy, benefit.

fugă (Romanian): run; escape, flight; fugue

Definitions

  1. run; escape, flight; fugue

Ancestry of “fugă”, step by step

fugă traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian fuga

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianfugaflight, escape; leak, leakage; fugue
2Latinfugaflight, fleeing, escape; avoidance; exile
3Proto-Italicfugāflight, escape
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰugéh₂flight, escape
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰewg-to flee; to enjoy, benefit

via Latin fugō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfugōto chase away, put to flight
2Latin-ōsuffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs
3Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots

Words derived from “fugă”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰewg- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰugéh₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic fugā →