Where does “esternuer” come from?

esternuer (Middle French) comes from Old French esternuer, from Latin sternūtō, from Latin -tō, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

esternuer (Middle French): to sneeze

Definitions

  1. to sneeze

Ancestry of “esternuer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchesternuer—
2Latinsternūtōto sneeze (repeatedly or violently)
3Latin-tōForms here
4Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Italic-tus—
6Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “esternuer”

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