Where does “grotă” come from?
grotă (Romanian) comes from French grotte, from Italian grotta, from Medieval Latin grupta, from Latin crypta, from Ancient Greek κρυπτός, from Ancient Greek κρύπτω, from Proto-Indo-European krāu-.
grotă (Romanian): grotto
Ancestry of “grotă”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | grotte | cave |
| 2 | Italian | grotta | cave; grotto |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | grupta | — |
| 4 | Latin | crypta | underground passage, tunnel; crypt; underground... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | κρυπτός | concealed, hidden, secret |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | κρύπτω | to hide, cover; to conceal, obscure |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | krāu- | — |