Where does “abecar” come from?

abecar (Occitan) comes from Occitan bèc, from Latin beccus, from Latin -āceus, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

abecar (Occitan): to feed its young

Definitions

to feed its young

Ancestry of “abecar”, step by step

abecar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Occitan bèc

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Occitan	bèc	beak
2	Latin	beccus	beak, bill
3	Latin	-āceus	aceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to
4	Latin	-āx	ish, -y
5	Latin	-ium	Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
6	Latin	-ius	forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
7	Proto-Italic	-jōs	Forms comparative adjectives
8	Proto-Indo-European	-yós	Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems

via Occitan a

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Occitan	a	to; at; a
2	Latin	ad	toward, to; up to; near, by, close by, at, to
3	Proto-Italic	ad	toward, to, on, up to, for
4	Proto-Indo-European	h₂éd	to, at

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