Where does “nūtāns” come from?

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

nūtāns (Latin): nodding

Definitions

  1. nodding

Ancestry of “nūtāns”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnūtōto nod (the head)
2Latin-tōForms here
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “nūtāns

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tusEvery word from Latin -tusEvery word from Latin -tō