Where does “crenate” come from?

crenate (Italian) comes from Italian crenato, from Latin crenatus, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.

crenate (Italian): feminine plural of crenato

Definitions

  1. feminine plural of crenato

Ancestry of “crenate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancrenatocrenate; crenate, crenated
2Latincrenatusnotched; crenate
3Latin-ātused
4Proto-Italic-ātos—
5Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →Every word from Latin -ātus →Every word from Latin crenatus →
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