Where does “pruritus” come from?

Pruritus comes from Latin pruritus, derived from the Latin verb prurio, which traces to Proto-Indo-European prews-.

pruritus (English): severe itching, especially of undamaged skin;...

Definitions

  1. severe itching, especially of undamaged skin;...

Ancestry of “pruritus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinprūrītusan itching, itch
2Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
3Proto-Italic-tus—
4Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “pruritus”

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