Where does “gâlcătură” come from?

gâlcătură (Romanian) comes from Romanian -ătură, from Romanian umflătură, from Romanian umfla, from Latin inflāre.

gâlcătură (Romanian): inflammation of the neck lymph nodes or tonsils

Definitions

  1. inflammation of the neck lymph nodes or tonsils

Ancestry of “gâlcătură”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanian-ătură—
2Romanianumflăturăswelling
3Romanianumflato inflate, swell, puff up, blow out
4Latininflāre—
Every word from Latin inflāre →Every word from Romanian -ătură →Every word from Romanian umfla →