Where does “litigate” come from?
litigate (Italian) comes from Italian litigata, from Italian -ata, from Italian -ato, 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.
litigate (Italian): plural of litigata; second-person plural present...
Definitions
- plural of litigata; second-person plural present...
Ancestry of “litigate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | litigata | strife, toil, quarrel, row, tiff, squabble;... |
| 2 | Italian | -ata | Used with a stem to form the feminine singular... |
| 3 | Italian | -ato | Used with a stem to form the past participle of... |
| 4 | Latin | -ātus | ed |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -ātos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂tos | Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality |