Where does “têtu” come from?

têtu (French) comes from Old French testu, from Old French -u, from Latin -utus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

têtu (French): stubborn, headstrong

Definitions

  1. stubborn, headstrong

Ancestry of “têtu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchtestu—
2Old French-usuffixed used to form adjectives from nouns
3Latin-utus—
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 -utus →