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

  1. to flatter; to bootlick, brownnose, fawn, fawn...

Ancestry of “linguși”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianlingeto lick
2Latinlingōto lick (up)
3Latinlingeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
4LatinlingoI lick
5Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵʰ-to lick

Words derived from “linguși”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European leyǵʰ- →Every word from Latin lingo →Every word from Latin lingere →