Where does “stricăcios” come from?

stricăcios (Romanian) comes from Romanian strica, from Latin extrico, from Latin tricae, from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- — to turn, spin.

stricăcios (Romanian): harmful

Definitions

  1. harmful

Ancestry of “stricăcios”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianstricato spoil, ruin, damage, mar; to destroy, break
2LatinextricoI disentangle, extricate, free
3Latintricaetrifles, toys, trumpery; hindrances, impediments
4Proto-Indo-Europeanterkʷ-to turn, spin

Words derived from “stricăcios”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- →Every word from Latin tricae →Every word from Latin extrico →