Where does “crenate” come from?

crenate (Latin) comes from Latin crenatus, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.

crenate (Latin): vocative masculine singular of crēnātus

Definitions

  1. vocative masculine singular of crēnātus

Ancestry of “crenate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincrenatusnotched; crenate
2Latin-ātused
3Proto-Italic-ātos—
4Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →Every word from Latin -ātus →Every word from Latin crenatus →