Where does “păcuros” come from?

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

păcuros (Romanian): tarry

Definitions

  1. tarry

Ancestry of “păcuros”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianpăcurăoil; tar; naphtha
2Late Latinpiculatar
3Latinpixpitch, tar
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpik-to be angry; pitch; resin
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpi-sap, juice
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pi- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pik- →Every word from Latin pix →