Where does “mendico” come from?

mendico (Italian) comes from Latin mendicus, from Latin -icus, from Ancient Greek -ικός, from Ancient Greek -κός, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

mendico (Italian): mendicant; beggar; first-person singular present...

Definitions

  1. mendicant; beggar; first-person singular present...

Ancestry of “mendico”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmendicusbeggarly, needy, indigent
2Latin-icusbelonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;...
3Ancient Greek-ικόςof or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic
4Ancient Greek-κόςforms adjectives with the sense of 'of or...
5Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

Words derived from “mendico

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos