Where does “nutant” come from?

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

nutant (English): nodding, drooping

Definitions

  1. nodding, drooping

Ancestry of “nutant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnūtānsnodding
2Latinnūtōto nod (the head)
3Latin-tōForms here
4Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Italic-tus—
6Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin -tō →