Where does “tautonym” come from?

tautonym (English) comes from English taut-, from Romanian -uț, from Latin -utus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

tautonym (English): A binomial name consisting of the same word...

Definitions

  1. A binomial name consisting of the same word...

Ancestry of “tautonym”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishtaut-Alternative form of tauto-
2Romanian-uțForms masculine diminutives of nouns and...
3Latin-utus—
4Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Italic-tus—
6Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “tautonym”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Romanian -uț →