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Where does “ructus” come from?

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

ructus (Latin): belch, belching

Definitions

  1. belch, belching

Ancestry of “ructus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
2Proto-Italic-tus—
3Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “ructus”

  • rutto
  • rots
  • rot
  • rots
  • rot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →