Where does “ulcerosus” come from?

ulcerosus (Latin) comes from Latin ulcus, from Latin olcos, from Proto-Italic elkos, from Proto-Indo-European h₁élḱos, from Proto-Indo-European h₁elḱ-.

ulcerosus (Latin): full of sores; ulcerous

Definitions

  1. full of sores; ulcerous

Ancestry of “ulcerosus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinulcussore, ulcer, wound
2Latinolcos—
3Proto-Italicelkos—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁élḱoswound, illness, ulcer; wound, sore, ulcer
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁elḱ-—

Words derived from “ulcerosus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁elḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁élḱos →Every word from Proto-Italic elkos →