Where does “păsturiță” come from?
păsturiță (Romanian) comes from Romanian păstură, from Latin pastūra, from Latin pāstus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
Ancestry of “păsturiță”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | păstură | deposit of pollen from flowers by bees on honeycombs, used as food |
| 2 | Latin | pastūra | pasture, grazing ground |
| 3 | Latin | pāstus | having eaten, consumed |
| 4 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |