Where does “perpetuate” come from?
perpetuate (Italian) comes from Italian perpetuato, from Italian perpetuare, from Latin perpetuo, from Latin perpetuus, from Latin -uus, from Proto-Italic *-wos, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.
perpetuate (Italian): second-person plural present indicative of...
Definitions
- second-person plural present indicative of...
Ancestry of “perpetuate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | perpetuato | past participle of perpetuare; past participle of... |
| 2 | Italian | perpetuare | to perpetuate |
| 3 | Latin | perpetuo | constantly; perpetually; To cause to continue... |
| 4 | Latin | perpetuus | perpetual, continuous, uninterrupted, constant,... |
| 5 | Latin | -uus | forms adjectives on verbal stems |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *-wos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -wós | Creates adjectives from verb stems |