Where does “fustangiu” come from?

fustangiu (Romanian) comes from Romanian fustă, 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-.

fustangiu (Romanian): womanizer

Definitions

  1. womanizer

Ancestry of “fustangiu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianfustăskirt
2Greekφούσταskirt
3Greekφουστάνιdress; woman, women
4Italianfustagnofustian
5Medieval Latinfustaneum
6Latinfustisa knobbed stick, a cudgel, staff, club
7Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰen-to strike, slay, kill
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰon-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰon-Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰen-Every word from Latin fustis
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