Where does “salutabundus” come from?

salutabundus (Latin) comes from Latin salūtō, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

salutabundus (Latin): greeting, saluting

Definitions

  1. greeting, saluting

Ancestry of “salutabundus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsalūtōto preserve, keep safe
2Latin-ōsuffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs
3Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ō →Every word from Latin -ō →Every word from Latin salūtō →