Where does “văcăriță” come from?
văcăriță (Romanian) comes from Romanian văcar, from Latin vaccārius, from Latin vacca, from Proto-Indo-European wokeh₂-.
văcăriță (Romanian): female cowherd
Ancestry of “văcăriță”, step by step
văcăriță traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian văcar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Romanian | văcar | cowherd, neatherd |
| 2 | Latin | vaccārius | of or pertaining to a cow |
| 3 | Latin | vacca | cow |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wokeh₂- | — |
via Romanian iță
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Romanian | iță | each of the threads that make up the warp on a... |
| 2 | Latin | licia | nominative plural of līcium; accusative plural of... |
| 3 | Latin | licium | loop in the texture woven, through which the... |