Where does “nutabundus” come from?
nutabundus (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.
nutabundus (Latin): tottering, staggering; vacillating, uncertain
Definitions
- tottering, staggering; vacillating, uncertain
Ancestry of “nutabundus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | nūtō | — |
| 2 | Latin | -tō | — |
| 3 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |