Where does “lingușie” come from?

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

lingușie (Romanian): flattery

Definitions

  1. flattery

Ancestry of “lingușie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianlingușito flatter; to bootlick, brownnose, fawn, fawn...
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 →