Where does “ventru” come from?

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

ventru (French): potbellied, paunchy; rounded, bulging

Definitions

  1. potbellied, paunchy; rounded, bulging

Ancestry of “ventru”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1French-uForming adjectives having the sense of ‘having...
2Latin-utus—
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →