Where does “Urtica” come from?

Urtica (Translingual) comes from Latin urtīca, from Latin -āria, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

Urtica (Translingual): nettle

Definitions

  1. nettle

Ancestry of “Urtica”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinurtīcastinging nettle
2Latin-āriaused to form feminine counterparts of masculine agent nouns in
3Latin-āriuser
4Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

Words derived from “Urtica

Every word from Proto-Italic *-āziosEvery word from Latin -āriusEvery word from Latin -āria