Where does “perpotans” come from?

perpotans (Latin) comes from Latin perpoto, from Latin pōtō, from Latin pōtus, from Latin pōtāre, from Proto-Italic pōtos, from Proto-Indo-European ph₃tós, from Proto-Indo-European peh₃- — to drink.

perpotans (Latin): drinking up

Definitions

  1. drinking up

Ancestry of “perpotans”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinperpotoI drink heavily; I drink up
2Latinpōtōto drink
3Latinpōtusdrunk
4Latinpōtāre—
5Proto-Italicpōtosdrunk
6Proto-Indo-Europeanph₃tósdrunk; having drunk
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₃-to drink
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₃- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ph₃tós →Every word from Proto-Italic pōtos →