Where does “helecho” come from?

helecho (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish felecho, from Latin filictum, from Latin -tum, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

helecho (Spanish): fern

Definitions

  1. fern

Ancestry of “helecho”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishfelecho—
2Latinfilictumfernbrake, stand of ferns
3Latin-tummasculine accusative singular of -tus; neuter...
4Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Italic-tus—
6Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “helecho”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin -tum →