Where does “reat” come from?

reat (Maltese) comes from Italian reato, from Latin reatus, 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.

reat (Maltese): crime, criminal offence

Definitions

  1. crime, criminal offence

Ancestry of “reat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianreatooffence, crime
2Latinreatusaccusation, charge
3Latin-ātused
4Proto-Italic-ātos—
5Proto-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 reatus →