Where does “urtīca” come from?

urtīca (Latin) comes from Latin -āria, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

urtīca (Latin): stinging nettle

Definitions

  1. stinging nettle

Ancestry of “urtīca”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-āriaused to form feminine counterparts of masculine agent nouns in
2Latin-āriuser
3Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

Words derived from “urtīca”

Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from Latin -āria →