Where does “ostrinus” come from?

ostrinus (Latin) comes from Latin -īnus, from Proto-Italic -īnos, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.

ostrinus (Latin): a kind of Tyrian purple, likely the red kind: widely described by the Romans to be a kind of rubeus and rūfus

Definitions

  1. a kind of Tyrian purple, likely the red kind: widely described by the Romans to be a kind of rubeus and rūfus

Ancestry of “ostrinus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-īnusof or pertaining to; -ine
2Proto-Italic-īnosof/belonging to
3Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
4Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no- →Every word from Latin -īnus →Every word from Proto-Italic -īnos →
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