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Where does “Solanaceae” come from?

Solanaceae (Latin) comes from Latin solanum, from Latin solor, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

Ancestry of “Solanaceae”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsolanuma plant: nightshade
2LatinsolorI comfort, console, solace; I soothe, ease,...
3Latin-āx—
4Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
5Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
6Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
7Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
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