Where does “pătătură” come from?

pătătură (Romanian) comes from Romanian păta, from Vulgar Latin pictare, from Latin pingere, from Latin pingo, from Latin pango, from Proto-Italic pangō, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ǵ- — to attach.

pătătură (Romanian): spot, stain

Definitions

  1. spot, stain

Ancestry of “pătătură”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianpătato stain, blot, speckle, smudge; to soil, taint,...
2Vulgar Latinpictarepresent active infinitive of *pictō;...
3Latinpingeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
4LatinpingoI decorate or embellish; I paint, tint or colour;...
5LatinpangoI fasten, fix, set, especially drive, sink, force...
6Proto-Italicpangōto fasten, to fix
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂ǵ-to attach
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ǵ-Every word from Proto-Italic pangōEvery word from Latin pango
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