Where does “pantofăreasă” come from?

pantofăreasă (Romanian) comes from Romanian pantofar, from Romanian pantof, from German pantoffel, from Middle High German pantoffel, from Middle French pantoufle, from Italian pantofola, from Vulgar Latin patta, from Frankish patta.

Ancestry of “pantofăreasă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianpantofarshoemaker
2Romanianpantofshoe
3Germanpantoffelslipper (indoor shoe)
4Middle High Germanpantoffel—
5Middle Frenchpantoufleslipper
6Italianpantofolaslipper
7Vulgar Latinpattapaw, foot
8Frankishpattapaw, sole of the foot
9Proto-Germanicpat-—
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