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Where does “subitaneus” come from?

subitaneus (Latin) comes from Latin subitus, from Latin subeo, from Latin eō, from Proto-Italic eō, from Proto-Italic ejō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- — to go.

Ancestry of “subitaneus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsubitusapproached; succeeded; occurred
2LatinsubeoI go under, come under; enter; I go up to,...
3Latineō—
4Proto-ItaliceōI go
5Proto-Italicejō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go
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