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Where does “esca” come from?

esca (English) comes from Latin ēsca, from Latin edō, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

esca (English): fleshy growth from an anglerfish's head that acts...

Definitions

  1. fleshy growth from an anglerfish's head that acts...

Ancestry of “esca”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinēsca—
2Latinedō—
3Latin-ilis-ile
4Proto-Italic-elis—
5Proto-Indo-European-elis—
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →