Where does “ulcera” come from?

ulcera (Italian) comes from Latin ulcus, from Latin olcos, from Proto-Italic elkos, from Proto-Indo-European h₁élḱos, from Proto-Indo-European h₁elḱ-.

ulcera (Italian): ulcer, sore; third-person singular present...

Definitions

  1. ulcer, sore; third-person singular present...

Ancestry of “ulcera”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinulcussore, ulcer, wound
2Latinolcos
3Proto-Italicelkos
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁élḱoswound, illness, ulcer; wound, sore, ulcer
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁elḱ-

Words derived from “ulcera

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁elḱ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁élḱosEvery word from Proto-Italic elkos
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