Where does “nasua” come from?

nasua (Spanish) comes from New Latin nasua, from Latin nāsus, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

nasua (Spanish): coati

Definitions

  1. coati

Ancestry of “nasua”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1New Latinnasua—
2LatinnāsusThe nose
3Latin-ōsuffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs
4Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ō →Every word from Latin -ō →Every word from Latin nāsus →