Where does “atavia” come from?

atavia (Latin) comes from Latin at-, from Latin ad, from Proto-Italic ad, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éd — to, at.

atavia (Latin): great-great-great-grandmother (mother of an abavus or abavia)

Definitions

  1. great-great-great-grandmother (mother of an abavus or abavia)

Ancestry of “atavia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinat-—
2Latinadtoward, to; up to; near, by, close by, at, to
3Proto-Italicadtoward, to, on, up to, for
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂édto, at
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂éd →Every word from Proto-Italic ad →Every word from Latin ad →