Where does “éternuer” come from?

éternuer (French) comes from Middle French esternuer, from Old French esternuer, from Latin sternūtō, from Latin -tō, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

éternuer (French): to sneeze

Definitions

  1. to sneeze

Ancestry of “éternuer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchesternuerto sneeze
2Old Frenchesternuer—
3Latinsternūtōto sneeze (repeatedly or violently)
4Latin-tōForms here
5Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
6Proto-Italic-tus—
7Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “éternuer”

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