Where does “conative” come from?

conative (Italian) comes from Italian conativo, from Italian conato, from Latin cōnātūs, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

conative (Italian): feminine plural of conativo

Definitions

  1. feminine plural of conativo

Ancestry of “conative”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianconativoconative
2Italianconatoimpulse or tendency
3Latincōnātūstried, attempted, having tried
4Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Italic-tus—
6Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin cōnātūs →