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Where does “oscitante” come from?

oscitante (Italian) comes from Latin oscitans, from Latin ōscitō, from Latin citō, from Latin -tō, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

oscitante (Italian): sleepy; lazy; negligent

Definitions

  1. sleepy; lazy; negligent

Ancestry of “oscitante”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinoscitanspresent active participle of ōscitō; listless,...
2Latinōscitō—
3Latincitō—
4Latin-tō—
5Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
6Proto-Italic-tus—
7Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →