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Where does “măgăresc” come from?

măgăresc (Romanian) comes from Romanian -esc, from Latin -ēscō, from Proto-Italic *-ēskō.

măgăresc (Romanian): donkey-like; of a donkey; asinine

Definitions

  1. donkey-like; of a donkey; asinine

Ancestry of “măgăresc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanian-esc-esque, -ish; Used with a stem to form the...
2Latin-ēscō—
3Proto-Italic*-ēskō—
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