Where does “ulcer” come from?
ulcer (Romanian) comes from French ulcère, from Latin ulcus, from Latin olcos, from Proto-Italic elkos, from Proto-Indo-European h₁élḱos, from Proto-Indo-European h₁elḱ-.
ulcer (Romanian): ulcer
Ancestry of “ulcer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | ulcère | ulcer |
| 2 | Latin | ulcus | sore, ulcer, wound |
| 3 | Latin | olcos | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | elkos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁élḱos | wound, illness, ulcer; wound, sore, ulcer |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁elḱ- | — |