Where does “dioscoraceous” come from?

dioscoraceous (English) comes from English Dioscoreaceae, from Translingual Dioscorea, from Translingual -a, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

dioscoraceous (English): Of or relating to the family Dioscoreaceae

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to the family Dioscoreaceae

Ancestry of “dioscoraceous”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishDioscoreaceae
2TranslingualDioscoreagenus
3Translingual-aUsed to create genus names from proper nouns;...
4Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
5Proto-ItalicForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
6Proto-Indo-European-éh₂
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂Every word from Latin -aEvery word from Translingual -a
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