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

  1. tottering, staggering; vacillating, uncertain

Ancestry of “nutabundus”, 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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin -tō →