broască

Probably from a Vulgar Latin root *brosca, from broscus (compare Medieval Latin bruscus), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *frosk. Compare Aromanian broascã. Compare also Albanian breshkë, Old French bruesche, Italian rospo, Milanese Lombard brosco, Ladin rusk.

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broască f (plural broaște)

1. frog
2. lock (for a door)
3. prickly pear

• broască râioasă (“toad”)
• broască țestoasă (“tortoise”)
• broască de mare (“turtle”)

• brotac
• mormoloc
• mioarcă

• Paliga, Sorin (2024) An Etymological Dictionary of the Romanian Language, New York: Peter Lang, →ISBN, page 200