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Where does “acetosus” come from?

acetosus (Latin) comes from Latin acētum, from French -ate, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos.

acetosus (Latin): sorrel

Definitions

  1. sorrel

Ancestry of “acetosus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinacētum—
2French-ate-ate
3Latin-ātus—
4Proto-Italic-ātos—
5Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tos—

Words derived from “acetosus”

  • acetoso
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →