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Where does “natator” come from?

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

natator (Latin): swimmer; second-person singular future passive...

Definitions

  1. swimmer; second-person singular future passive...

Ancestry of “natator”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnatō—
2Latin-tō—
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “natator”

  • natator
  • nadador
  • nadador-salvador
  • nadador
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →