Where does “citaat” come from?

citaat (Dutch) comes from Latin citatum, from Latin citō, from Latin -tō, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

citaat (Dutch): a quotation, fragment of a human expression, notably as reference

Definitions

  1. a quotation, fragment of a human expression, notably as reference

Ancestry of “citaat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincitatumnominative neuter singular of citātus; accusative...
2Latincitōquickly, fast
3Latin-tōForms here
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 →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin -tō →