Where does “ulcer” come from?

Ulcer comes from Old French ulcere, from Latin ulcus, from Latin olcos, from Proto-Italic elkos, from Proto-Indo-European h₁élḱos, ultimately from the root h₁elḱ-.

ulcer (English): An open sore of the skin, eyes or mucous...

Definitions

  1. An open sore of the skin, eyes or mucous...

Ancestry of “ulcer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchulcereulcer
2Latinulcussore, ulcer, wound
3Latinolcos—
4Proto-Italicelkos—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁élḱoswound, illness, ulcer; wound, sore, ulcer
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁elḱ-—

Words derived from “ulcer”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁elḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁élḱos →Every word from Proto-Italic elkos →