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Where does “abnatans” come from?

abnatans (Latin) comes from Latin abnato, from Latin natō, from Latin -tō, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

abnatans (Latin): swimming

Definitions

  1. swimming

Ancestry of “abnatans”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinabnatoI swim or float off or away
2Latinnatō—
3Latin-tō—
4Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Italic-tus—
6Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →