Where does “gropițaș” come from?

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

gropițaș (Romanian): gravedigger

Definitions

  1. gravedigger

Ancestry of “gropițaș”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RomaniangropițăDiminutive of groapă; dimple
2Romanianițăeach of the threads that make up the warp on a...
3Latinlicianominative plural of līcium; accusative plural of...
4Latinliciumloop in the texture woven, through which the...
Every word from Latin liciumEvery word from Latin liciaEvery word from Romanian iță