Where does “vetustas” come from?

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

vetustas (Latin): old age; long existence or duration; antiquity

Definitions

  1. old age; long existence or duration; antiquity

Ancestry of “vetustas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvetusold, aged, elderly, ancient; long-standing;...
2Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
3Proto-Italic-tus—
4Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “vetustas”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin vetus →