Where does “lucanică” come from?
lucanică (Romanian) comes from Greek λουκάνικο, from Ancient Greek λουκάνικα, from Latin lucanica, from Latin lucanicus, from Latin Lūcānia, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
lucanică (Romanian): loukaniko, sausage
Definitions
- loukaniko, sausage
Ancestry of “lucanică”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greek | λουκάνικο | sausage; kit bag, duffel bag |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | λουκάνικα | — |
| 3 | Latin | lucanica | a kind of sausage, Lucanian sausage, lucanica;... |
| 4 | Latin | lucanicus | Lucanian |
| 5 | Latin | Lūcānia | Lucania |
| 6 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 7 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |