Where does “luptaș” come from?

luptaș (Romanian) comes from Romanian luptă, from Late Latin lucta, from Latin luctor, from Proto-Indo-European lewǵ- — to break, tear; to break, shatter.

luptaș (Romanian): fighter

Definitions

  1. fighter

Ancestry of “luptaș”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianluptăfight, fighting; third-person singular present...
2Late Latinlucta—
3LatinluctorI struggle, wrestle, fight
4Proto-Indo-Europeanlewǵ-to break, tear; to break, shatter
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewǵ- →Every word from Latin luctor →Every word from Late Latin lucta →