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Where does “mustasa” come from?

mustasa (Cebuano) comes from Spanish mostaza, from Latin mustāceus, from Latin -āceus, 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.

mustasa (Cebuano): The mustard plant; any of several plant species...

Definitions

  1. The mustard plant; any of several plant species...

Ancestry of “mustasa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishmostazamustard
2Latinmustāceus—
3Latin-āceus—
4Latin-āx—
5Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
6Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
7Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
8Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →