Where does “perpetuate” come from?

perpetuate (Latin) comes from Latin perpetuo, from Latin perpetuus, from Latin -uus, from Proto-Italic *-wos, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

perpetuate (Latin): second-person plural present active imperative of...

Definitions

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of...

Ancestry of “perpetuate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinperpetuoconstantly; perpetually; To cause to continue...
2Latinperpetuusperpetual, continuous, uninterrupted, constant,...
3Latin-uusforms adjectives on verbal stems
4Proto-Italic*-wos—
5Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wós →Every word from Latin -uus →Every word from Latin perpetuus →