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Where does “Nasturtium” come from?

Nasturtium (Translingual) comes from Latin nasturtium, from Latin nāris, from Latin nāsus, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

Ancestry of “Nasturtium”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnasturtiumcress
2Latinnāris—
3Latinnāsus—
4Latin-ō—
5Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ō →