Where does “picăturică” come from?
picăturică (Romanian) comes from Romanian picătură, from Romanian pica, from French piqué, from French piquer, from Middle French picquer, from Old French piquer, from Vulgar Latin piccare, from Frankish pikkōn — "low-pitch humming noise".
picăturică (Romanian): small drop
Definitions
- small drop
Ancestry of “picăturică”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | picătură | drop |
| 2 | Romanian | pica | to drip; to fall; to fail |
| 3 | French | piqué | past participle of piquer; dive; two fabrics... |
| 4 | French | piquer | to prick; to sting; to nick, pinch, steal |
| 5 | Middle French | picquer | to sting |
| 6 | Old French | piquer | to pierce with the tip of a sword |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | piccare | to puncture; to sting, strike; to pierce |
| 8 | Frankish | pikkōn | to peck, strike |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | pikōną | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bew- | "low-pitch humming noise" |