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

Definitions

  1. grotto

Ancestry of “grotă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchgrottecave
2Italiangrottacave; grotto
3Medieval Latingrupta—
4Latincryptaunderground passage, tunnel; crypt; underground...
5Ancient Greekκρυπτόςconcealed, hidden, secret
6Ancient Greekκρύπτωto hide, cover; to conceal, obscure
7Proto-Indo-Europeankrāu-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European krāu- →Every word from Ancient Greek κρύπτω →Every word from Ancient Greek κρυπτός →