Where does “questa” come from?

questa (Latin) comes from Latin questus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

questa (Latin): nominative feminine singular of questus;...

Definitions

  1. nominative feminine singular of questus;...

Ancestry of “questa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinquestuscomplained, lamented; complaint
2Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
3Proto-Italic-tus—
4Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin questus →