Where does “salicastrum” come from?

salicastrum (Latin) comes from Latin salix, from Proto-Indo-European *sl̥H-ik-.

salicastrum (Latin): a kind of wild vine found in willow-thickets

Definitions

  1. a kind of wild vine found in willow-thickets

Ancestry of “salicastrum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsalixwillow; a willow branch
2Proto-Indo-European*sl̥H-ik-

Words derived from “salicastrum

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sl̥H-ik-Every word from Latin salix