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Where does “vīlla” come from?

vīlla (Latin) comes from Latin vetera, from Latin vetus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

Ancestry of “vīlla”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinveterathe old; old times, ancient times, antiquity
2Latinvetusold, aged, elderly, ancient; long-standing;...
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 →