Where does “linguși” come from?
linguși (Romanian) comes from Romanian linge, from Latin lingō, from Latin lingere, from Latin lingo, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵʰ- — to lick.
linguși (Romanian): to flatter; to bootlick, brownnose, fawn, fawn...
Definitions
- to flatter; to bootlick, brownnose, fawn, fawn...
Ancestry of “linguși”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Romanian | linge | to lick |
| 2 | Latin | lingō | — |
| 3 | Latin | lingere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 4 | Latin | lingo | I lick |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | leyǵʰ- | to lick |
Words derived from “linguși”