Where does “pată” come from?
pată (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.
pată (Romanian): spot; smudge, stain
Definitions
- spot; smudge, stain
Ancestry of “pată”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | păta | to stain, blot, speckle, smudge; to soil, taint,... |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | pictare | present active infinitive of *pictō;... |
| 3 | Latin | pingere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 4 | Latin | pingo | I decorate or embellish; I paint, tint or colour;... |
| 5 | Latin | pango | I fasten, fix, set, especially drive, sink, force... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | pangō | to fasten, to fix |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₂ǵ- | to attach |