Where does “sputare” come from?

sputare (Italian) comes from Latin spūtāre, from Latin spuo, from Proto-Italic spujō, from Proto-Indo-European stpuH-ie- — to spit, spew.

sputare (Italian): to spit

Definitions

  1. to spit

Ancestry of “sputare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinspūtāre—
2LatinspuoI spit, spew
3Proto-Italicspujō—
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanstpuH-ie-to spit, spew

Words derived from “sputare”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European stpuH-ie- →Every word from Proto-Italic spujō →Every word from Latin spuo →
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