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
Ancestry of “păcură”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | picula | tar |
| 2 | Latin | pix | pitch, tar |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | pik- | to be angry; pitch; resin |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | pi- | sap, juice |
Words derived from “păcură”