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Where does “lucanica” come from?

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

lucanica (English): A short, fat, rustic pork sausage in Ancient...

Definitions

  1. A short, fat, rustic pork sausage in Ancient...

Ancestry of “lucanica”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlucanicaa kind of sausage, Lucanian sausage, lucanica;...
2LatinlucanicusLucanian
3LatinLūcānia—
4Latin-iaUsed to form a feminine abstract noun, usually...
5Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
6Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
7Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
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