Where does “Zitat” come from?

Zitat (German) comes from Latin citatum, from Latin citō, from Latin -tō, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

Zitat (German): quotation

Definitions

  1. quotation

Ancestry of “Zitat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincitatumnominative neuter singular of citātus; accusative...
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

Words derived from “Zitat”

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