Where does “marchitez” come from?

marchitez (Spanish) comes from Spanish marchito, from Mozarabic marčiṭ[o], from Vulgar Latin marcitus, from Italian marcire, from Italian marcio, from Latin marceō, from Latin Mārtius, from Latin -ius — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

marchitez (Spanish): wilt disease

Definitions

  1. wilt disease

Ancestry of “marchitez”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishmarchitowilted, faded
2Mozarabicmarčiṭ[o]
3Vulgar Latinmarcitus
4Italianmarcireto rot; to rot, fester or go bad, putrefy
5Italianmarciofirst-person singular present indicative of...
6Latinmarceōto wither, droop, shrink, shrivel
7LatinMārtiusof or belonging to Mars, the god of war; sacred to Mars
8Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
9Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
10Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós