Where does “-ticus” come from?

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

-ticus (Latin): enlarged form of -cus

Definitions

  1. enlarged form of -cus

Ancestry of “-ticus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
2Proto-Italic-tus—
3Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “-ticus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Proto-Italic -tus →
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