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Where does “beterano” come from?

beterano (Cebuano) comes from Spanish veterano, from Latin veterānus, from Latin vetus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

beterano (Cebuano): a veteran; a person with long experience of a...

Definitions

  1. a veteran; a person with long experience of a...

Ancestry of “beterano”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishveteranoveteran
2Latinveterānus—
3Latinvetusold, aged, elderly, ancient; long-standing;...
4Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Italic-tus—
6Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →