Where does “clavate” come from?

clavate (English) comes from Latin clavatus, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.

clavate (English): Resembling a club, becoming increasingly wide...

Definitions

  1. Resembling a club, becoming increasingly wide...

Ancestry of “clavate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinclavatusnailed; having nails
2Latin-ātused
3Proto-Italic-ātos—
4Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality

Words derived from “clavate”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →Every word from Latin -ātus →Every word from Latin clavatus →