Where does “sternutans” come from?

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

sternutans (Latin): sneezing

Definitions

  1. sneezing

Ancestry of “sternutans”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsternūtōto sneeze (repeatedly or violently)
2Latin-tōForms here
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-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 →