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Where does “ortiga” come from?

ortiga (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish ortiga, from Latin urtīca, from Latin -āria, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios.

ortiga (Spanish): nettle

Definitions

  1. nettle

Ancestry of “ortiga”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishortiga—
2Latinurtīca—
3Latin-āria—
4Latin-ārius—
5Proto-Italic*-āzios—
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →