Where does “tripota” come from?

tripota (Romanian) comes from French tripoter, from French tripot, from French -ot, from Latin min- — cat.

tripota (Romanian): to cheat, to falsify

Definitions

  1. to cheat, to falsify

Ancestry of “tripota”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtripoterto fiddle with; to feel up
2Frenchtripotdive
3French-otA diminutive indicator for certain words,...
4Latinmin-cat
Every word from Latin min- →