Where does “ortica” come from?

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

ortica (Italian): nettle; stinging nettle, common nettle

Definitions

nettle; stinging nettle, common nettle

Ancestry of “ortica”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	urtīca	stinging nettle
2	Latin	-āria	used to form feminine counterparts of masculine agent nouns in
3	Latin	-ārius	er
4	Proto-Italic	*-āzios	Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

Words derived from “ortica”

orticheto
orticaio

Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from Latin -āria →