Where does “garofiță” come from?

garofiță (Romanian) comes from Romanian -iță, from Old Church Slavonic -ица, from Proto-Slavic -ica — *děva → *děvica; *muxa → *mušica; *noga →...

garofiță (Romanian): small carnation

Definitions

  1. small carnation

Ancestry of “garofiță”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanian-ițăForms diminutives of some feminine nouns; -ess
2Old Church Slavonic-ица—
3Proto-Slavic-ica*děva → *děvica; *muxa → *mušica; *noga →...

Words derived from “garofiță”

Every word from Proto-Slavic -ica →Every word from Romanian -iță →Every word from Old Church Slavonic -ица →