Where does “Hoya” come from?

Hoya (Translingual) comes from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

Hoya (Translingual): genus

Definitions

  1. genus

Ancestry of “Hoya”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
2Proto-Italic-āForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
3Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from Latin -a →Every word from Proto-Italic -ā →