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Where does “perpetuo” come from?

perpetuo (Italian) comes from Latin perpetuus, from Latin -uus, from Proto-Italic *-wos, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

perpetuo (Italian): perpetual; first-person singular present...

Definitions

  1. perpetual; first-person singular present...

Ancestry of “perpetuo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinperpetuusperpetual, continuous, uninterrupted, constant,...
2Latin-uusforms adjectives on verbal stems
3Proto-Italic*-wos—
4Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “perpetuo”

  • perpetuamente
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