Where does “păstoriță” come from?

păstoriță (Romanian) comes from Romanian păstor, from German Pastor, from Latin pāstor, from Latin pāscō, from Proto-Italic pāskō, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂- — to protect; to shepherd.

păstoriță (Romanian): shepherdess

Definitions

  1. shepherdess

Ancestry of “păstoriță”, step by step

păstoriță traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian păstor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianpăstorshepherd
2GermanPastorpastor
3LatinpāstorA person who tends sheep; shepherd
4Latinpāscōto feed, nourish, maintain, support
5Proto-Italicpāskōto feed; to pasture
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂-to protect; to shepherd

via Romanian iță

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianițăeach of the threads that make up the warp on a...
2Latinlicianominative plural of līcium; accusative plural of...
3Latinliciumloop in the texture woven, through which the...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂- →Every word from Proto-Italic pāskō →Every word from Latin pāscō →