Where does “fetans” come from?

fetans (Latin) comes from Latin fētō, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

fetans (Latin): bringing forth, breeding; impregnating

Definitions

  1. bringing forth, breeding; impregnating

Ancestry of “fetans”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfētōto bring forth, breed
2Latin-ōsuffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs
3Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ō →Every word from Latin -ō →Every word from Latin fētō →