Where does “stillativus” come from?

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

stillativus (Latin): dropping, dripping

Definitions

  1. dropping, dripping

Ancestry of “stillativus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinstilloI drip, drop, trickle; I distil
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 stillo →
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