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Where does “ulcere” come from?

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

ulcere (Old French): ulcer

Definitions

  1. ulcer

Ancestry of “ulcere”, step by step

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

Words derived from “ulcere”

  • ulcer
  • ulceration
  • ulcerous
  • antiulcer
  • nonulcer
  • ulcerogenic
  • ulcered
  • reulceration
  • antiulcerogenic
  • ulcerogenesis
  • ulcerously
  • nonulcerous
  • microulceration
  • preulcerous
  • ulcering
  • antiulcerous
  • ulcerable
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