Where does “lingăros” come from?

lingăros (Romanian) comes from Romanian lingări, from Romanian linge, from Latin lingō, from Latin lingere, from Latin lingo, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵʰ- — to lick.

lingăros (Romanian): flattering

Definitions

  1. flattering

Ancestry of “lingăros”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianlingărito flatter
2Romanianlingeto lick
3Latinlingōto lick (up)
4Latinlingeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
5LatinlingoI lick
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵʰ-to lick
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leyǵʰ- →Every word from Latin lingo →Every word from Latin lingere →