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
- yawning; gaping; sleepy; drowsy; sluggish;...
Ancestry of “oscitant”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | oscitans | present active participle of ōscitō; listless,... |
| 2 | Latin | ōscitō | — |
| 3 | Latin | citō | — |
| 4 | Latin | -tō | — |
| 5 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |
Words derived from “oscitant”