Where does “nigromaculatus” come from?

nigromaculatus (Latin) comes from Latin maculātus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

nigromaculatus (Latin): having black spots

Definitions

  1. having black spots

Ancestry of “nigromaculatus”, step by step

nigromaculatus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin maculātus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmaculātusstained, spotted, having been stained
2Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
3Proto-Italic-tus—
4Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

via Latin Niger

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinNigerA Roman agnomen, or "nickname"
2Proto-Indo-Europeannegʷ-bare, naked
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin maculātus →