Where does “nepta” come from?

nepta (Late Latin) comes from Latin neptis, from Proto-Indo-European néptih₂, from Proto-Indo-European -ih₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Ancestry of “nepta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinneptisgranddaughter
2Proto-Indo-Europeannéptih₂granddaughter; niece
3Proto-Indo-European-ih₂Feminizes athematic nominal stems
4Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “nepta”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ih₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European néptih₂ →