Where does “iască” come from?

iască (Romanian) comes from Latin ēsca, from Latin edō, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

iască (Romanian): tinder, touchwood, punk; any of several kinds of...

Definitions

  1. tinder, touchwood, punk; any of several kinds of...

Ancestry of “iască”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinēscafood
2Latinedōto eat
3Latin-ilis-ile
4Proto-Italic-elis—
5Proto-Indo-European-elis—
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “iască”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -ilis →Every word from Latin edō →