Where does “ruderal” come from?

ruderal (English) comes from New Latin ruderalis, from Latin -alis, from Proto-Indo-European -li-.

ruderal (English): Any plant growing in rubbish or very poor soil; A...

Definitions

  1. Any plant growing in rubbish or very poor soil; A...

Ancestry of “ruderal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1New LatinruderalisPertaining to rubble, or post-catastrophic...
2Latin-alisUsed to form adjectives of relationship from...
3Proto-Indo-European-li-—

Words derived from “ruderal”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -li- →Every word from Latin -alis →Every word from New Latin ruderalis →