Where does “urtiga” come from?

urtiga (Portuguese) comes 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).

urtiga (Portuguese): nettle

Definitions

  1. nettle

Ancestry of “urtiga”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portugueseortiga—
2Latinurtīcastinging nettle
3Latin-āriaused to form feminine counterparts of masculine agent nouns in
4Latin-āriuser
5Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

Words derived from “urtiga”

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