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Where does “gropiță” come from?

gropiță (Romanian) comes from Romanian iță, from Latin licia, from Latin licium — loop in the texture woven, through which the...

gropiță (Romanian): Diminutive of groapă; dimple

Definitions

  1. Diminutive of groapă; dimple

Ancestry of “gropiță”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianițăeach of the threads that make up the warp on a...
2Latinlicianominative plural of līcium; accusative plural of...
3Latinliciumloop in the texture woven, through which the...
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