Where does “petulcus” come from?

petulcus (Latin) comes from Latin -cus, from Proto-Italic -kos, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

petulcus (Latin): butting; wanton, frisky

Definitions

  1. butting; wanton, frisky

Ancestry of “petulcus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-cussuffixed to nouns, forms adjectives; This suffix...
2Proto-Italic-kos—
3Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos →Every word from Latin -cus →Every word from Proto-Italic -kos →