Where does “ōscitō” come from?

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

ōscitō (Latin): to open one's mouth, gape

Definitions

  1. to open one's mouth, gape

Ancestry of “ōscitō”, step by step

ōscitō traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin citō

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

via Latin ōs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinōsmouth
2Proto-Italicōsmouth
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ésth₁bone

Words derived from “ōscitō”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin -tō →