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
Ancestry of “perpotans”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | perpoto | I drink heavily; I drink up |
| 2 | Latin | pōtō | — |
| 3 | Latin | pōtus | — |
| 4 | Latin | pōtāre | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | pōtos | drunk |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ph₃tós | drunk; having drunk |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₃- | to drink |