Where does “ulcero” come from?
ulcero (Esperanto) comes from English ulcer, from Old French ulcere, from Latin ulcus, from Latin olcos, from Proto-Italic elkos, from Proto-Indo-European h₁élḱos, from Proto-Indo-European h₁elḱ-.
ulcero (Esperanto): ulcer
Definitions
- ulcer
Ancestry of “ulcero”, step by step
ulcero traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English ulcer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ulcer | An open sore of the skin, eyes or mucous... |
| 2 | Old French | ulcere | ulcer |
| 3 | Latin | ulcus | sore, ulcer, wound |
| 4 | Latin | olcos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | elkos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁élḱos | wound, illness, ulcer; wound, sore, ulcer |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁elḱ- | — |
via French ulcère
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | ulcère | ulcer |
via Italian ulcera
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | ulcera | ulcer, sore; third-person singular present... |