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Where does “caritative” come from?

caritative (English) comes from Latin cāritās, from Latin -tās, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

caritative (English): charitable

Definitions

  1. charitable

Ancestry of “caritative”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincāritās—
2Latin-tās—
3Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
4Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
5Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tós →