Where does “antipulgas” come from?

antipulgas (Spanish) comes from Spanish pulgas, from Vulgar Latin pulica, from Latin pūlex, from Proto-Indo-European *plus- — flea.

antipulgas (Spanish): antiflea

Definitions

  1. antiflea

Ancestry of “antipulgas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishpulgasplural of pulga
2Vulgar Latinpulicaflea
3Latinpūlexflea
4Proto-Indo-European*plus-flea
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *plus-
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