Where does “nuoto” come from?
nuoto (Italian) comes from Italian nuotare, from Italian notare, from Vulgar Latin notare, from Latin natō, from Latin -tō, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
nuoto (Italian): swimming; first-person singular present...
Definitions
- swimming; first-person singular present...
Ancestry of “nuoto”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | nuotare | to swim |
| 2 | Italian | notare | to notice, to note |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | notare | present active infinitive of notō; second-person... |
| 4 | Latin | natō | to swim or float |
| 5 | Latin | -tō | Forms here |
| 6 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |