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Where does “ictus” come from?

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

ictus (English): The pulse; A sudden attack, blow, stroke, or...

Definitions

  1. The pulse; A sudden attack, blow, stroke, or...

Ancestry of “ictus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinictushit, struck; stabbed, stung; a blow, stroke,...
2Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
3Proto-Italic-tus—
4Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “ictus”

  • ictal
  • interictal
  • postictal
  • preictal
  • interictally
  • postictally
  • preictally
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →