Where does “praetextatus” come from?

praetextatus (Latin) comes from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.

praetextatus (Latin): wearing the toga praetexta

Definitions

  1. wearing the toga praetexta

Ancestry of “praetextatus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-ātused
2Proto-Italic-ātos—
3Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →Every word from Latin -ātus →Every word from Proto-Italic -ātos →