Where does “nanctus” come from?

nanctus (Latin) comes from Latin nactus, from Latin nanciscor, from Latin -isco, from Latin -sco, from Proto-Italic -skō, from Proto-Indo-European -sḱéti — Forms durative or iterative imperfective verbs...

nanctus (Latin): Alternative form of nactus

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of nactus

Ancestry of “nanctus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnactusencountered, reached; contracted, caught
2LatinnanciscorI meet with, stumble on, encounter, acquire, get,...
3Latin-iscoAlternative form of -escō; -iscō; dative...
4Latin-scoForms inchoative verbs from existing verbs,...
5Proto-Italic-skō
6Proto-Indo-European-sḱétiForms durative or iterative imperfective verbs...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -sḱétiEvery word from Latin -scoEvery word from Latin -isco
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