Where does “fugaç” come from?

fugaç (Catalan) comes from Latin fugāx, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

fugaç (Catalan): brief, fleeting

Definitions

  1. brief, fleeting

Ancestry of “fugaç”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfugāxswift
2Latin-āxish, -y
3Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
4Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
5Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
6Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →Every word from Latin -ium →Every word from Latin -ius →