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Where does “pertractans” come from?

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

pertractans (Latin): touching, feeling, handling; investigating,...

Definitions

  1. touching, feeling, handling; investigating,...

Ancestry of “pertractans”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinpertractoI touch, feel, handle; I investigate, study;...
2Latintractō—
3Latin-tō—
4Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Italic-tus—
6Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →