Where does “nugax” come from?

nugax (Latin) comes 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.

nugax (Latin): incompetent, bungling

Definitions

  1. incompetent, bungling

Ancestry of “nugax”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-āxish, -y
2Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
3Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
4Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
5Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “nugax”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →Every word from Latin -ium →Every word from Latin -ius →