Where does “scrumbiță” come from?

scrumbiță (Romanian) comes from Romanian scrumbie, from Greek σκουμπρί, from Ancient Greek σκομβρίς, from Ancient Greek σκόμβρος — mackerel.

Ancestry of “scrumbiță”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianscrumbiemackerel
2Greekσκουμπρίmackerel
3Ancient Greekσκομβρίς
4Ancient Greekσκόμβροςmackerel
Every word from Ancient Greek σκόμβροςEvery word from Ancient Greek σκομβρίςEvery word from Greek σκουμπρί