Where does “portulaca” come from?
portulaca (Portuguese) comes from Latin portulāca, from Latin portula, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
portulaca (Portuguese): purslane
Definitions
- purslane
Ancestry of “portulaca”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | portulāca | purslane |
| 2 | Latin | portula | Little door |
| 3 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |