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Where does “-uto” come from?

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

-uto (Italian): Used with a stem to form the past participle of...

Definitions

  1. Used with a stem to form the past participle of...

Ancestry of “-uto”, step by step

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

Words derived from “-uto”

  • cazzuto
  • polpacciuto
  • zazzeruto
  • cocciuto
  • cocciutaggine
  • cocciutamente
  • occhialuto
  • panciuto
  • unghiuto
  • barbuto
  • gozzuto
  • zannuto
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →