Where does “vomtu” come from?

vomtu (Maltese) comes from Italian vomito, from Latin vomitus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

vomtu (Maltese): vomit

Definitions

  1. vomit

Ancestry of “vomtu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianvomitovomiting, emesis; vomit, sick, vomitus;...
2Latinvomitusvomited up or forth, discharged, emitted, having...
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin vomitus →