Where does “attutire” come from?
attutire (Italian) comes from Italian attutare, from Vulgar Latin extutare, from Latin tūtor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
attutire (Italian): to deaden; to cushion; to ease
Definitions
- to deaden; to cushion; to ease
Ancestry of “attutire”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | attutare | Alternative form of attutire |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | extutare | present active infinitive of *extūtō |
| 3 | Latin | tūtor | watcher, protector, defender |
| 4 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |