Where does “-at” come from?

-at (Latin) comes from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

-at (Latin): third-person singular present active indicative...

Definitions

third-person singular present active indicative...

Ancestry of “-at”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Proto-Italic	-āō	Forms primarily denominative verbs
2	Proto-Indo-European	-eh₂yéti	Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
3	Proto-Indo-European	-yéti	Creates intransitive, often deponent,...
4	Proto-Indo-European	yé-	—
5	Chichewa	iye	he, she

Words derived from “-at”

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