Where does “fosfat” come from?

fosfat (Catalan) comes from Catalan -at, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.

fosfat (Catalan): phosphate

Definitions

  1. phosphate

Ancestry of “fosfat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalan-atforms the masculine singular past participle of...
2Latin-ātused
3Proto-Italic-ātos—
4Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality

Words derived from “fosfat”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →Every word from Latin -ātus →Every word from Catalan -at →