Etymology Explorer › Romanian

Where does “pescar” come from?

pescar (Romanian) comes from Latin piscarius, from Latin Piscis, from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-.

pescar (Romanian): fisher, fisherman

Definitions

  1. fisher, fisherman

Ancestry of “pescar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpiscariusof or pertaining to fish or fishing; fishmonger
2LatinPiscis—
3Proto-Indo-European*peysk-—

Words derived from “pescar”

  • pescărime
  • pescăruș
  • pescăresc
  • pescărie
  • pescăreasă
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *peysk- →