Where does “scelestic” come from?

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

scelestic (English): evil; wicked; atrocious

Definitions

  1. evil; wicked; atrocious

Ancestry of “scelestic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinscelestuswicked, villainous, criminal, abominable;...
2Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
3Proto-Italic-tus—
4Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin scelestus →