Where does “fugitivarius” come from?

fugitivarius (Latin) comes from Latin fugitivus, from Latin fugito, from Latin -tō, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

fugitivarius (Latin): one employed to catch and bring back fugitive slaves, a slave-catcher

Definitions

  1. one employed to catch and bring back fugitive slaves, a slave-catcher

Ancestry of “fugitivarius”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfugitivusfugitive, deserter, runaway slave; fugitive
2LatinfugitoI flee; I eschew, shun; second-person singular...
3Latin-tōForms here
4Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Italic-tus—
6Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →