Where does “policar” come from?

policar (Romanian) comes from Latin pollicāris, from Latin -āris, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis — forms relational adjectives.

policar (Romanian): thumb

Definitions

  1. thumb

Ancestry of “policar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpollicārisof a thumb
2Latin-ārisfirst conjugation
3Latin-ālis—
4Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives
Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis →Every word from Latin -ālis →Every word from Latin -āris →