Where does “portulāca” come from?

portulāca (Latin) comes from Latin portula, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

portulāca (Latin): purslane

Definitions

  1. purslane

Ancestry of “portulāca”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinportulaLittle door
2Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
3Proto-Italic-olos—
4Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
5Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “portulāca”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -ulus →Every word from Latin portula →
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