Where does “zitieren” come from?

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

zitieren (German): to cite, to quote

Definitions

  1. to cite, to quote

Ancestry of “zitieren”, step by step

zitieren traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin citō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincitōquickly, fast
2Latin-tōForms here
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

via Latin citāre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincitāre—
2Latincieresecond-person singular future passive indicative...

Words derived from “zitieren”

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