Where does “fustă” come from?
fustă (Romanian) comes from Greek φούστα, from Greek φουστάνι, from Italian fustagno, from Medieval Latin fustaneum, from Latin fustis, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰen-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰon-.
fustă (Romanian): skirt
Ancestry of “fustă”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Greek | φούστα | skirt |
| 2 | Greek | φουστάνι | dress; woman, women |
| 3 | Italian | fustagno | fustian |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | fustaneum | — |
| 5 | Latin | fustis | a knobbed stick, a cudgel, staff, club |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷʰen- | to strike, slay, kill |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰon- | — |