Where does “pecinginos” come from?

pecinginos (Romanian) comes from Romanian -os, from Latin -ōsus, from Old Latin -ōssus.

pecinginos (Romanian): person affected by ringworms

Definitions

  1. person affected by ringworms

Ancestry of “pecinginos”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanian-osForms adjectives; -ous
2Latin-ōsusose, -ous, -ful (full of or overly prone to)
3Old Latin-ōssus—
Every word from Old Latin -ōssus →Every word from Latin -ōsus →Every word from Romanian -os →
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