Where does “senat” come from?

senat (Maltese) comes from Italian senato, from Latin senātus, 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.

senat (Maltese): senate

Definitions

  1. senate

Ancestry of “senat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiansenatosenate
2Latinsenātus—
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 senātus →