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Where does “venusto” come from?

venusto (Italian) comes from Latin venustus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

venusto (Italian): beautiful in a specifically graceful way

Definitions

  1. beautiful in a specifically graceful way

Ancestry of “venusto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvenustuscharming, friendly, lovely, pleasing, comely,...
2Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
3Proto-Italic-tus—
4Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →