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
Ancestry of “pișcot”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hungarian | piskóta | — |
| 2 | German | Biskotte | — |
| 3 | Italian | biscotto | biscuit, cookie; tactical play between two people... |
| 4 | Latin | biscoctus | bread, loaf; hardtack |
| 5 | Latin | cōctus | — |
| 6 | Latin | coactus | forced, compelled, having been forced; urged,... |
| 7 | Latin | cōgō | — |
| 8 | Latin | cōn- | — |
| 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 | — |
| 16 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 17 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 18 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |