Where does “Senate” come from?

Senate (German) comes from German Senat, from Latin senatus, from Latin -atus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.

Senate (German): plural of Senat

Definitions

  1. plural of Senat

Ancestry of “Senate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSenatsenate
2Latinsenatusthe senate or parliament; the Roman Senate
3Latin-atus-ed, -ate, -like; Form of -tus appended to nouns
4Proto-Italic-ātos—
5Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →Every word from Latin -atus →Every word from Latin senatus →