Where does “spurcaci” come from?

spurcaci (Romanian) comes from Romanian -aci, 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.

spurcaci (Romanian): little bustard (Tetrax tetrax)

Definitions

  1. little bustard (Tetrax tetrax)

Ancestry of “spurcaci”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanian-aciish, -y
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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →Every word from Latin -ium →Every word from Latin -ius →