Where does “ortie” come from?

ortie (French) comes from Old French orthie, from Latin urtīca, from Latin -āria, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

ortie (French): nettle

Definitions

  1. nettle

Ancestry of “ortie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchorthie—
2Latinurtīcastinging nettle
3Latin-āriaused to form feminine counterparts of masculine agent nouns in
4Latin-āriuser
5Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from Latin -āria →