Where does “scorțișor” come from?

scorțișor (Romanian) comes from Romanian scorțișoară, from Romanian scoarță, from Latin scortea, from Latin scortum, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

scorțișor (Romanian): cinnamon

Definitions

  1. cinnamon

Ancestry of “scorțișor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianscorțișoarăcinnamon
2Romanianscoarțăbark; crust; rind
3Latinscorteaa leather or hide garment, coat, or cloak; a...
4Latinscortuma skin, hide; a harlot, prostitute
5Proto-Indo-European(s)ker-to cut off; to turn, bend
6Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker- →Every word from Latin scortum →