Where does “citrin” come from?

citrin (French) comes from Latin citrinus, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

citrin (French): lemon color

Definitions

  1. lemon color

Ancestry of “citrin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincitrinuscitric, citrus
2Latin-nus-an
3Proto-Italic-nosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
4Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots

Words derived from “citrin”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →Every word from Latin -nus →Every word from Latin citrinus →