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Where does “perișoară” come from?

perișoară (Romanian) comes from Romanian pară, from French parer, from Latin parāre, from Latin parō, from Latin pectus, from Proto-Italic pektos, from Proto-Indo-European peg-, from English polyethylene glycol — Any of a series of water-soluble polymers, of...

perișoară (Romanian): a type of minced meatballs used in soup

Definitions

  1. a type of minced meatballs used in soup

Ancestry of “perișoară”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianparăpear; flame; third-person singular present...
2Frenchparerto adorn; to bedeck; to fend off; to parry
3Latinparāre—
4Latinparō—
5Latinpectuschest, breast; heart, breast, as the seat of...
6Proto-Italicpektos—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpeg-breast
8Englishpolyethylene glycolAny of a series of water-soluble polymers, of...
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