Where does “astut” come from?

astut (Catalan) comes from Latin astūtus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

astut (Catalan): astute

Definitions

  1. astute

Ancestry of “astut”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinastūtuscrafty, cunning, shrewd, clever, tricksy
2Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
3Proto-Italic-tus—
4Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “astut”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin astūtus →