Where does “llosca” come from?

llosca (Catalan) comes from Catalan -à, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

llosca (Catalan): cigarette butt

Definitions

  1. cigarette butt

Ancestry of “llosca”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalan-à-an; -ane
2Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
3Proto-Italic-āForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
4Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from Latin -a →Every word from Catalan -à →