Where does “teracotist” come from?

teracotist (Romanian) comes from Romanian teracotă, from Italian terracotta, from Italian cotta, from Italian cotto, from Latin cōctus, from Latin coactus, from Latin cōgō, from Latin cōn- — resin.

teracotist (Romanian): terracotta worker

Definitions

  1. terracotta worker

Ancestry of “teracotist”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianteracotăterracotta
2Italianterracottaterracotta
3Italiancottafeminine singular of cotto; surplice, cassock,...
4Italiancottocooked; smitten; past participle of cuocere
5Latincōctuscooked, having been cooked
6Latincoactusforced, compelled, having been forced; urged,...
7Latincōgōto collect, assemble, gather together
8Latincōn-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects
9Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
10Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
11Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
12Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
13Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
14Middle Englishkyt
15Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
16Old High Germankuti
17Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
18Proto-Germanickweduzresin
Every word from Proto-Germanic kweduz
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