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Where does “asperitas” come from?

asperitas (Latin) comes from Latin -tās, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

asperitas (Latin): unevenness, roughness; harshness, sharpness,...

Definitions

  1. unevenness, roughness; harshness, sharpness,...

Ancestry of “asperitas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-tās—
2Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
3Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
4Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “asperitas”

  • asperitas
  • asperità
  • âpreté
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