Where does “ulcerative” come from?
ulcerative (Italian) comes from Italian ulcerativo, from Italian ulcera, from Latin ulcus, from Latin olcos, from Proto-Italic elkos, from Proto-Indo-European h₁élḱos, from Proto-Indo-European h₁elḱ-.
ulcerative (Italian): feminine plural of ulcerativo
Definitions
- feminine plural of ulcerativo
Ancestry of “ulcerative”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | ulcerativo | ulcerative |
| 2 | Italian | ulcera | ulcer, sore; third-person singular present... |
| 3 | Latin | ulcus | sore, ulcer, wound |
| 4 | Latin | olcos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | elkos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁élḱos | wound, illness, ulcer; wound, sore, ulcer |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁elḱ- | — |