Where does “sassafràs” come from?

sassafràs (Catalan) comes from Spanish sasafrás, from Latin saxifragus, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os, from Proto-Italic -os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

sassafràs (Catalan): white sassafras (Sassafras albidum)

Definitions

white sassafras (Sassafras albidum)

Ancestry of “sassafràs”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Spanish	sasafrás	sassafras
2	Latin	saxifragus	stone-crushing, stone-breaking
3	Latin	-us	suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,...
4	Old Latin	-os	accusative masculine plural of -us
5	Proto-Italic	-os	—
6	Proto-Indo-European	-ós	Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ós →Every word from Latin -us →Every word from Latin saxifragus →