Where does “păcură” come from?

păcură (Romanian) comes from Late Latin picula, from Latin pix, from Proto-Indo-European pik-, from Proto-Indo-European pi- — sap, juice.

păcură (Romanian): oil; tar; naphtha

Definitions

  1. oil; tar; naphtha

Ancestry of “păcură”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinpiculatar
2Latinpixpitch, tar
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpik-to be angry; pitch; resin
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpi-sap, juice

Words derived from “păcură”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pi- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pik- →Every word from Latin pix →