Where does “cerandus” come from?

cerandus (Latin) comes from Latin cērō, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

cerandus (Latin): which is to be waxed

Definitions

  1. which is to be waxed

Ancestry of “cerandus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincērōto smear or coat with wax
2Latin-ōsuffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs
3Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ō →Every word from Latin -ō →Every word from Latin cērō →