Where does “saxifragal” come from?
saxifragal (English) comes from English saxifrage, from Old French saxifrage, from Latin saxifraga, from Latin saxifragus, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os, from Proto-Italic -os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
saxifragal (English): Relating to the saxifrages
Definitions
- Relating to the saxifrages
Ancestry of “saxifragal”, step by step
saxifragal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English saxifrage
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | saxifrage | Any plant in the genus "Saxifraga" |
| 2 | Old French | saxifrage | — |
| 3 | Latin | saxifraga | nominative feminine singular of saxifragus;... |
| 4 | Latin | saxifragus | stone-crushing, stone-breaking |
| 5 | Latin | -us | suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,... |
| 6 | Old Latin | -os | accusative masculine plural of -us |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -os | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |