Where does “pișcot” come from?
pișcot (Romanian) comes from Hungarian piskóta, from German Biskotte, from Italian biscotto, from Latin biscoctus, from Latin cōctus, from Latin coactus, from Latin cōgō, from Latin cōn- — resin.
pișcot (Romanian): ladyfinger
Definitions
- ladyfinger
Ancestry of “pișcot”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | piskóta | sponge, sponge cake soft cake made from eggs, flour and sugar |
| 2 | German | Biskotte | ladyfinger A small sponge cake, shaped approximately like a finger |
| 3 | Italian | biscotto | biscuit, cookie; tactical play between two people... |
| 4 | Latin | biscoctus | bread, loaf; hardtack |
| 5 | Latin | cōctus | cooked, having been cooked |
| 6 | Latin | coactus | forced, compelled, having been forced; urged,... |
| 7 | Latin | cōgō | to collect, assemble, gather together |
| 8 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 9 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 10 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 16 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 17 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 18 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |