Where does “oscitant” come from?

oscitant (English) comes from Latin oscitans, from Latin ōscitō, from Latin citō, from Latin -tō, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

oscitant (English): yawning; gaping; sleepy; drowsy; sluggish;...

Definitions

  1. yawning; gaping; sleepy; drowsy; sluggish;...

Ancestry of “oscitant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinoscitanspresent active participle of ōscitō; listless,...
2Latinōscitōto open one's mouth, gape
3Latincitōquickly, fast
4Latin-tōForms here
5Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
6Proto-Italic-tus—
7Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “oscitant”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin -tō →