Where does “săpălugă” come from?

săpălugă (Romanian) comes from Romanian sapă, from Latin sappa — a sort of mattock.

săpălugă (Romanian): small hoe

Definitions

  1. small hoe

Ancestry of “săpălugă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniansapăhoe; mattock
2Latinsappaa sort of mattock
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