Where does “solipuga” come from?

solipuga (Latin) comes from Latin puga, from Proto-Indo-European *spugeh₂.

solipuga (Latin): a kind of venomous ant or spider

Definitions

  1. a kind of venomous ant or spider

Ancestry of “solipuga”, step by step

solipuga traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin puga

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpugabuttock
2Proto-Indo-European*spugeh₂—

via Latin sōl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsōl—
2Proto-Indo-Europeansóh₂wl̥sun

Words derived from “solipuga”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *spugeh₂ →Every word from Latin puga →
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