Where does “certatus” come from?

certatus (Latin) comes from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

certatus (Latin): wrestled; contended, disputed

Definitions

  1. wrestled; contended, disputed

Ancestry of “certatus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
2Proto-Italic-tus—
3Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Proto-Italic -tus →
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