Where does “opatu” come from?

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

opatu (Basque): to desire, to long for

Definitions

  1. to desire, to long for

Ancestry of “opatu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Basque-tuThe most common verb-forming suffix
2Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
3Proto-Italic-tus—
4Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Basque -tu →