Where does “morella” come from?

morella (Catalan) comes from Latin moraria, from Latin mōrus, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os, from Proto-Italic -os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

morella (Catalan): black nightshade (Solanum nigrum)

Definitions

  1. black nightshade (Solanum nigrum)

Ancestry of “morella”, step by step

morella traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin moraria

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmorariacarline thistle
2Latinmōrus—
3Latin-ussuffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,...
4Old Latin-osaccusative masculine plural of -us
5Proto-Italic-os—
6Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

via Latin molella

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmolella—
2Latinmolamillstone; mill; ground meal
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmelh₂-to grind, to crush
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmel-soft; tender; weak; to deceive; to rub
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmey-to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange

Words derived from “morella”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ós →