Where does “portulacaceous” come from?
portulacaceous (English) comes from Translingual Portulacaceae, from Translingual Portulaca, from Latin portulāca, from Latin portula, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
portulacaceous (English): Of or relating to the family Portulacaceae of...
Definitions
- Of or relating to the family Portulacaceae of...
Ancestry of “portulacaceous”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Translingual | Portulacaceae | family |
| 2 | Translingual | Portulaca | genus |
| 3 | Latin | portulāca | purslane |
| 4 | Latin | portula | Little door |
| 5 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |