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Where does “arboç” come from?

arboç (Occitan) comes from Latin arbuteus, from Latin -eus, from Ancient Greek -εῖος, from Proto-Indo-European -iHwós, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

Ancestry of “arboç”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinarbuteusof the strawberry tree
2Latin-eusargentum + API → argenteus; ferrum + API →...
3Ancient Greek-εῖοςForms adjectives, usually with a meaning of "of"...
4Proto-Indo-European-iHwós—
5Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “arboç”

  • arbousier
  • arbouse
  • arboça
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wós →