Where does “vétusté” come from?

vétusté (French) comes from Latin vetustas, from Latin vetus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

vétusté (French): dilapidation

Definitions

  1. dilapidation

Ancestry of “vétusté”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvetustasold age; long existence or duration; antiquity
2Latinvetusold, aged, elderly, ancient; long-standing;...
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “vétusté”

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