Where does “lingușitorie” come from?

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

lingușitorie (Romanian): flattery, fawning, blarney

Definitions

  1. flattery, fawning, blarney

Ancestry of “lingușitorie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianlingușitorflattering
2Romanianlingușito flatter; to bootlick, brownnose, fawn, fawn...
3Romanianlingeto lick
4Latinlingōto lick (up)
5Latinlingeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
6LatinlingoI lick
7Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵʰ-to lick
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leyǵʰ- →Every word from Latin lingo →Every word from Latin lingere →