Where does “petici” come from?

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

petici (Romanian): to patch

Definitions

  1. to patch

Ancestry of “petici”, 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

Words derived from “petici”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peyH- →Every word from Ancient Greek πιττά →Every word from Ancient Greek πιττάκιον →