Where does “sciscitans” come from?

sciscitans (Latin) comes from Latin sciscitor, from Latin -ito, from Latin -tō, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

sciscitans (Latin): asking, questioning, interrogating

Definitions

  1. asking, questioning, interrogating

Ancestry of “sciscitans”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinsciscitorI ask, inquire, question, examine, consult,...
2Latin-itoForms frequentative verbs from existing verbs or...
3Latin-tōForms here
4Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Italic-tus—
6Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin -tō →