Where does “gerardia” come from?

gerardia (English) comes from Translingual Gerardia, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

gerardia (English): Any of the genus Agalinis of flowering plants

Definitions

  1. Any of the genus Agalinis of flowering plants

Ancestry of “gerardia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualGerardiaSeveral taxonomic genera
2Latin-iaUsed to form a feminine abstract noun, usually...
3Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
4Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
5Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →