Where does “rot” come from?
rot (Catalan) comes from Latin ructus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
rot (Catalan): belch
Ancestry of “rot”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | ructus | belch, belching |
| 2 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |