Where does “picticornis” come from?

picticornis (Translingual) comes from Latin Pictus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

picticornis (Translingual): Having horns or antennae that are distinctly colored or patterned

Definitions

  1. Having horns or antennae that are distinctly colored or patterned

Ancestry of “picticornis”, step by step

picticornis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin Pictus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinPictusa Pict, a resident of early Scotland
2Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
3Proto-Italic-tus—
4Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

via Latin cornū

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincornūhorn; antler
2Proto-Indo-Europeanḱerh₂-head, top; horn
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin Pictus →
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