Where does “egenus” come from?

egenus (Latin) comes from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

egenus (Latin): in want or need of; destitute of; indigent, needy

Definitions

  1. in want or need of; destitute of; indigent, needy

Ancestry of “egenus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-nus-an
2Proto-Italic-nosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
3Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →Every word from Latin -nus →Every word from Proto-Italic -nos →
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