Where does “halituous” come from?

halituous (English) comes from Latin hālitus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

halituous (English): Produced by, or like, breath; vaporous

Definitions

  1. Produced by, or like, breath; vaporous

Ancestry of “halituous”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinhālitusbreath, exhalation
2Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
3Proto-Italic-tus—
4Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin hālitus →