Where does “trăgaci” come from?

trăgaci (Romanian) comes from Romanian trage, from Vulgar Latin tragere, from Latin trahere, from Latin traho, from Proto-Italic traɣō, from Proto-Indo-European tregʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰregʰ- — to run.

trăgaci (Romanian): trigger

Definitions

  1. trigger

Ancestry of “trăgaci”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniantrageto pull, draw, drag
2Vulgar Latintragere—
3Latintraheresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
4LatintrahoI drag, pull; I trail; I extract, withdraw
5Proto-Italictraɣō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeantregʰ-to drag, pull?; to run, walk
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰregʰ-to run
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰregʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tregʰ- →Every word from Proto-Italic traɣō →