Where does “rostrum” come from?

rostrum (New Latin) comes from Latin -trum, from Proto-Italic -trom, from Proto-Indo-European -trom, from Proto-Indo-European -tḗr — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

rostrum (New Latin): bill or beak of a bird; snout or muzzle of an...

Definitions

  1. bill or beak of a bird; snout or muzzle of an...

Ancestry of “rostrum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-trumforming instrument nouns
2Proto-Italic-tromsuffix forming instrument nouns from verbs
3Proto-Indo-European-tromForms nouns denoting a tool or instrument
4Proto-Indo-European-tḗrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tḗr →Every word from Latin -trum →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -trom →
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