Where does “ovarij” come from?

ovarij (Serbo-Croatian) comes from New Latin ovarium, from Latin ōvum, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.

ovarij (Serbo-Croatian): ovary

Definitions

  1. ovary

Ancestry of “ovarij”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1New Latinovarium—
2Latinōvumegg
3Latin-ātused
4Proto-Italic-ātos—
5Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →Every word from Latin -ātus →Every word from Latin ōvum →