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Where does “urticaria” come from?

Urticaria comes from New Latin urticaria, from Latin -aria, from Latin -arius, from Latin -alis, from Proto-Italic ouzō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ews-.

urticaria (English): Itchy, swollen, red areas of the skin which can...

Definitions

  1. Itchy, swollen, red areas of the skin which can...

Ancestry of “urticaria”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1New Latinurtīcāria—
2Latinurtīca—
3Latin-āria—
4Latin-ārius—
5Proto-Italic*-āzios—

Words derived from “urticaria”

  • urticarial
  • urticarious
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