Where does “alitare” come from?

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

alitare (Italian): to breathe; to speak; to blow

Definitions

  1. to breathe; to speak; to blow

Ancestry of “alitare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianalitobreath; first-person singular present indicative...
2Latinhālitusbreath, exhalation
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “alitare”

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