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Where does “eructate” come from?

eructate (English) comes from Latin ēructātus, from Latin eructo, from Latin ructō, from Latin -tō, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

eructate (English): To burp; to belch

Definitions

  1. To burp; to belch

Ancestry of “eructate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinēructātus—
2LatineructoI belch or vomit; I emit , utter, rave
3Latinructō—
4Latin-tō—
5Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
6Proto-Italic-tus—
7Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →