Where does “eletso” come from?

eletso (Tagalog) comes from Spanish helecho, 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.

eletso (Tagalog): fern

Definitions

  1. fern

Ancestry of “eletso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishhelechofern
2Old Spanishfelecho
3Latinfilictumfernbrake, stand of ferns
4Latin-tummasculine accusative singular of -tus; neuter...
5Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
6Proto-Italic-tus
7Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus