Where does “-ittus” come from?

-ittus (Latin) comes from Proto-Italic -tos, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

-ittus (Latin): diminutive suffix, used to create nouns

Definitions

  1. diminutive suffix, used to create nouns

Ancestry of “-ittus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italic-tosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
2Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “-ittus

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tósEvery word from Proto-Italic -tos