Where does “salutans” come from?

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

salutans (Latin): preserving; greeting, saluting

Definitions

  1. preserving; greeting, saluting

Ancestry of “salutans”, 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 →