Where does “ictus” come from?

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

ictus (Italian): ictus, stroke

Definitions

  1. ictus, stroke

Ancestry of “ictus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinictushit, struck; stabbed, stung; a blow, stroke,...
2Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
3Proto-Italic-tus—
4Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin ictus →