Where does “remorcare” come from?

remorcare (Romanian) comes from Romanian remorcă, from French remorquer, from Italian rimorchiare, from Italian rimorchio, from Latin remurclum, from Latin remurculum, from Latin remulcum, from Ancient Greek ῥυμουλκέω — tow-line.

remorcare (Romanian): tow

Definitions

  1. tow

Ancestry of “remorcare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianremorcătrailer
2Frenchremorquerto tow
3Italianrimorchiareto tow or tug; to force to do something; to pick...
4Italianrimorchiotow, towage, towing; trailer; first-person...
5Latinremurclum
6Latinremurculum
7Latinremulcumtowrope
8Ancient Greekῥυμουλκέωto pull a towing rope
9Ancient Greekῥῦμαtow-line
Every word from Ancient Greek ῥῦμαEvery word from Ancient Greek ῥυμουλκέωEvery word from Latin remulcum