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Where does “fuggitivo” come from?

fuggitivo (Italian) comes from Latin fugitivus, from Latin fugito, from Latin -tō, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

fuggitivo (Italian): fleeing, escaping; fleeting; runaway, fugitive

Definitions

  1. fleeing, escaping; fleeting; runaway, fugitive

Ancestry of “fuggitivo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfugitivusfugitive, deserter, runaway slave; fugitive
2LatinfugitoI flee; I eschew, shun; second-person singular...
3Latin-tō—
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 →