Where does “citât” come from?

citât (French) comes from French citer, from Latin citō, from Latin -tō, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

citât (French): third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of...

Definitions

  1. third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of...

Ancestry of “citât”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchciterto cite, quote; to summon; to name
2Latincitōquickly, fast
3Latin-tōForms here
4Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Italic-tus—
6Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin -tō →