Where does “ortiga” come from?

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

ortiga (Portuguese): Alternative form of urtiga

Definitions

Alternative form of urtiga

Ancestry of “ortiga”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Portuguese	urtiga	nettle
2	Old Portuguese	ortiga	—
3	Latin	urtīca	stinging nettle
4	Latin	-āria	used to form feminine counterparts of masculine agent nouns in
5	Latin	-ārius	er
6	Proto-Italic	*-āzios	Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

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