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Where does “haustorium” come from?

haustorium (English) comes from Latin haustor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

haustorium (English): A root of a parasitic plant modified to take...

Definitions

  1. A root of a parasitic plant modified to take...

Ancestry of “haustorium”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinhaustorSomeone who draws or drains; drawer
2Latin-tor-er
3Proto-Italic-tōr—
4Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
5Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “haustorium”

  • prehaustorium
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →