Where does “uscăcios” come from?

uscăcios (Romanian) comes from Romanian usca, from Latin exsūcāre, from Latin sūcus, from Proto-Indo-European sug-, from Proto-Indo-European sew- — to press out, extract; juice; liquid, rain; to...

uscăcios (Romanian): lean, skinny

Definitions

  1. lean, skinny

Ancestry of “uscăcios”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianuscato dry
2Latinexsūcāre—
3Latinsūcusjuice
4Proto-Indo-Europeansug-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeansew-to press out, extract; juice; liquid, rain; to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sug- →Every word from Latin sūcus →
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