Where does “wawrzynowiec” come from?

wawrzynowiec (Polish) comes from Polish wawrzyn, from Latin laurinus, from Latin laurus, from English -aceous, from Latin -āceus, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

wawrzynowiec (Polish): any cotinga of the genus Carpodectes

Definitions

  1. any cotinga of the genus Carpodectes

Ancestry of “wawrzynowiec”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishwawrzynlaurel
2Latinlaurinusof or relating to laurel
3Latinlauruslaurel tree; laurels; a crown of laurel
4English-aceousOf, relating to, resembling or containing the...
5Latin-āceusaceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to
6Latin-āxish, -y
7Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
8Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
9Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
10Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yósEvery word from Latin -iumEvery word from Latin -ius
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