Where does “-tu” come from?

-tu (Basque) comes from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

-tu (Basque): The most common verb-forming suffix

Definitions

  1. The most common verb-forming suffix

Ancestry of “-tu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
2Proto-Italic-tus—
3Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “-tu”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Proto-Italic -tus →
-tu — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer