Where does “fūstibalus” come from?
fūstibalus (Latin) comes from Latin fūstis, from Latin -ārium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.
fūstibalus (Latin): sling-staff
Definitions
- sling-staff
Ancestry of “fūstibalus”, step by step
fūstibalus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin fūstis
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | fūstis | a knobbed stick, a cudgel, staff, club |
| 2 | Latin | -ārium | used primarily to form nouns of purpose from other nouns, such as places where things are kept or objects used for a particular end |
| 3 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |