Where does “perstillans” come from?

perstillans (Latin) comes from Latin perstillo, from Latin stillo, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

perstillans (Latin): dripping, leaking

Definitions

  1. dripping, leaking

Ancestry of “perstillans”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinperstilloI drip, leak
2LatinstilloI drip, drop, trickle; I distil
3Latin-ōsuffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs
4Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ō →Every word from Latin -ō →Every word from Latin stillo →