Where does “peticaș” come from?

peticaș (Romanian) comes from Romanian petic, from Ancient Greek πιττάκιον, from Ancient Greek πιττά, from Proto-Indo-European peyH- — fat, milk.

peticaș (Romanian): a person in ragged clothes

Definitions

  1. a person in ragged clothes

Ancestry of “peticaș”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianpeticpatch; shred; rag
2Ancient Greekπιττάκιονwriting tablet; a leaf out of a writing tablet,...
3Ancient Greekπιττάpitch, tar
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanpeyH-fat, milk
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peyH- →Every word from Ancient Greek πιττά →Every word from Ancient Greek πιττάκιον →