Where does “erratiku” come from?

erratiku (Maltese) comes from Italian erratico, from Latin errāticus, from Latin -aticus, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.

erratiku (Maltese): erratic

Definitions

  1. erratic

Ancestry of “erratiku”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianerraticoerratic; wandering
2Latinerrāticuswandering, roving
3Latin-aticusUsed to form adjectives indicating a relation to...
4Latin-ātused
5Proto-Italic-ātos—
6Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →Every word from Latin -ātus →Every word from Latin -aticus →