Where does “ciguatera” come from?

ciguatera (English) comes from Spanish -era, from Latin -āria, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

ciguatera (English): A foodborne poisoning in humans caused by eating...

Definitions

  1. A foodborne poisoning in humans caused by eating...

Ancestry of “ciguatera”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanish-erafeminine singular of -ero; indicates a place or...
2Latin-āriaused to form feminine counterparts of masculine agent nouns in
3Latin-āriuser
4Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

Words derived from “ciguatera”

Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from Latin -āria →