Where does “urticaceous” come from?

urticaceous (English) comes from Translingual Urticaceae, from Translingual Urtica, from Latin urtīca, from Latin -āria, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

urticaceous (English): Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants,...

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants,...

Ancestry of “urticaceous”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualUrticaceaefamily
2TranslingualUrticanettle
3Latinurtīcastinging nettle
4Latin-āriaused to form feminine counterparts of masculine agent nouns in
5Latin-āriuser
6Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āziosEvery word from Latin -āriusEvery word from Latin -āria
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