Where does “citeren” come from?
citeren (Dutch) comes from Middle French citer, from Latin citō, from Latin -tō, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
citeren (Dutch): to quote a text and/or an author; to summon,...
Definitions
- to quote a text and/or an author; to summon,...
Ancestry of “citeren”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle French | citer | — |
| 2 | Latin | citō | — |
| 3 | Latin | -tō | — |
| 4 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |