Where does “cataphractus” come from?
cataphractus (Latin) comes from Ancient Greek κατάφρακτος, from Ancient Greek -τός, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
cataphractus (Latin): wearing armor, mailed
Ancestry of “cataphractus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ancient Greek | κατάφρακτος | covered, shut up, enclosed |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | -τός | creates verbal adjectives of possibility, either... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
Words derived from “cataphractus”