Where does “terno” come from?
terno (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto terni, from French éternuer, from Middle French esternuer, from Old French esternuer, from Latin sternūtō, from Latin -tō, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
terno (Esperanto): sneeze
Ancestry of “terno”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Esperanto | terni | to sneeze |
| 2 | French | éternuer | to sneeze |
| 3 | Middle French | esternuer | to sneeze |
| 4 | Old French | esternuer | — |
| 5 | Latin | sternūtō | — |
| 6 | Latin | -tō | — |
| 7 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |