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Where does “nuto” come from?

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

nuto (Italian): nod; will, command

Definitions

  1. nod; will, command

Ancestry of “nuto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnutusnod, nodding; downward tendency or motion; the...
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 →