Where does “fugaci” come from?

fugaci (Romanian) comes from Latin fugāx, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

fugaci (Romanian): swift-footed; fleeting, fugitive; a horse

Definitions

  1. swift-footed; fleeting, fugitive; a horse

Ancestry of “fugaci”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfugāxswift
2Latin-āxish, -y
3Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
4Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
5Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
6Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “fugaci”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →