Where does “puricească” come from?

puricească (Romanian) comes from Romanian purice, from Latin pūlicem, from Proto-Indo-European *plus- — flea.

puricească (Romanian): a species of lichens (Huea confluens)

Definitions

  1. a species of lichens (Huea confluens)

Ancestry of “puricească”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianpuriceflea
2Latinpūlicem—
3Proto-Indo-European*plus-flea
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *plus- →Every word from Latin pūlicem →Every word from Romanian purice →