Where does “pupăcios” come from?

pupăcios (Romanian) comes from Romanian pupă, from Vulgar Latin puppare, from Latin puppa, from Latin pupa, from Latin pupus, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂w- — few, little; smallness.

pupăcios (Romanian): person who likes to kiss

Definitions

  1. person who likes to kiss

Ancestry of “pupăcios”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianpupăstern of a ship, poop; pupa
2Vulgar Latinpuppare—
3Latinpuppastern
4Latinpupagirl, little girl; doll, puppet; pupa
5Latinpupusa boy, a child; a puppet; the pupil of the eye
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂w-few, little; smallness
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂w- →Every word from Latin pupus →Every word from Latin pupa →