Where does “grackle” come from?
grackle (English) comes from Translingual Gracula, from Latin grācula, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.
grackle (English): Any of several American blackbirds of the genus...
Definitions
- Any of several American blackbirds of the genus...
Ancestry of “grackle”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Translingual | Gracula | genus |
| 2 | Latin | grācula | (female) jackdaw (Coloeus monedula) |
| 3 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |