Where does “protopopesc” come from?

protopopesc (Romanian) comes from Romanian -esc, from Latin -ēscō, from Proto-Italic *-ēskō.

protopopesc (Romanian): archpriest

Definitions

  1. archpriest

Ancestry of “protopopesc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanian-esc-esque, -ish; Used with a stem to form the...
2Latin-ēscōAttaches to a stem (a noun or adjective) to form a verb meaning “to become [stem]” or similar
3Proto-Italic*-ēskō—
Every word from Proto-Italic *-ēskō →Every word from Latin -ēscō →Every word from Romanian -esc →