Where does “rovistare” come from?

rovistare (Italian) comes from Latin revisitare, from Latin vīsitō, from Latin -ito, from Latin -tō, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

rovistare (Italian): to rummage; to ransack

Definitions

  1. to rummage; to ransack

Ancestry of “rovistare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinrevisitare—
2Latinvīsitōto see
3Latin-itoForms frequentative verbs from existing verbs or...
4Latin-tōForms here
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 →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin -tō →