Where does “pitoașcă” come from?

pitoașcă (Romanian) comes from Romanian pită, from Bulgarian пита, from Ancient Greek πίτα — pie.

pitoașcă (Romanian): weeping bolete (Suillus granulatus)

Definitions

  1. weeping bolete (Suillus granulatus)

Ancestry of “pitoașcă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianpităbread, specifically a kind often made from...
2Bulgarianпитаround loaf; cake; honeycomb
3Ancient Greekπίταpie
Every word from Ancient Greek πίτα →Every word from Bulgarian пита →Every word from Romanian pită →