Where does “bifurcatus” come from?

bifurcatus (New Latin) comes from Latin -atus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.

Ancestry of “bifurcatus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-atus-ed, -ate, -like; Form of -tus appended to nouns
2Proto-Italic-ātos—
3Proto-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 -atus →Every word from Proto-Italic -ātos →