Where does “eatenus” come from?

eatenus (Latin) comes from Latin eā, from Latin is, from Latin eō, from Proto-Italic eō, from Proto-Italic ejō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- — to go.

eatenus (Latin): so far; hitherto, so long

Definitions

  1. so far; hitherto, so long

Ancestry of “eatenus”, step by step

eatenus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin"she", "it" (referring to feminine nouns), or demonstratively (as a demonstrative pronoun) "this", "that" (likewise referring to feminine nouns)
2Latinishe, it; this or that man, this or that thing;...
3Latinto go, to fare, to move (oneself) (any kind of animate or inanimate motion: walk, ride, sail, fly, etc.)
4Proto-ItalicI go
5Proto-Italicejō
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go

via Latin tenus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintenussnare or trap; Right up to, as far as, just as...
2Proto-Italictenos
3Proto-Indo-Europeanténosextension
4Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁éytiEvery word from Proto-Italic ejō
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