Where does “Uncaria gambir” come from?
Uncaria gambir (Translingual) comes from Translingual Uncaria, from Latin uncus, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os, from Proto-Italic -os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
Uncaria gambir (Translingual): species
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Ancestry of “Uncaria gambir”, step by step
Uncaria gambir traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Translingual Uncaria
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Translingual | Uncaria | genus |
| 2 | Latin | uncus | hook, barb; a hook used to drag criminals by the... |
| 3 | Latin | -us | suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,... |
| 4 | Old Latin | -os | accusative masculine plural of -us |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -os | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |
via Malay gambir
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malay | gambir | gambier |