Where does “stricat” come from?

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

stricat (Romanian): broken, ruined

Definitions

  1. broken, ruined

Ancestry of “stricat”, 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 “stricat”

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