Where does “Plumbaginaceae” come from?
Plumbaginaceae (Translingual) comes from Translingual Plumbago, from Latin plumbāgō, from Latin agō, from Proto-Italic agō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.
Ancestry of “Plumbaginaceae”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Translingual | Plumbago | — |
| 2 | Latin | plumbāgō | — |
| 3 | Latin | agō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | agō | drive; push, impel; do, act |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éǵeti | to be driving |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eǵ- | to drive |
Words derived from “Plumbaginaceae”