Where does “pogăcioară” come from?
pogăcioară (Romanian) comes from Romanian pogace, from German Pogatsche, from Hungarian pogácsa, from Latin focācius, from Latin -acius, from Latin -aceus, from Latin -eus, from Ancient Greek -εῖος — Creates adjectives from verb stems.
Ancestry of “pogăcioară”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | pogace | a kind of cake |
| 2 | German | Pogatsche | A type of small pancake |
| 3 | Hungarian | pogácsa | a type of small round cake, similar to a kind of scone |
| 4 | Latin | focācius | of or belonging to the hearth, focal |
| 5 | Latin | -acius | Misspelling of -āceus |
| 6 | Latin | -aceus | -aceous; resembling, having the nature of,... |
| 7 | Latin | -eus | argentum + API → argenteus; ferrum + API →... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -εῖος | Forms adjectives, usually with a meaning of "of"... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHwós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -wós | Creates adjectives from verb stems |