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Where does “velitans” come from?

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

Definitions

Ancestry of “velitans”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinvelitorI attack
2Latin-ō—
3Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ō →