Where does “agut” come from?
agut (Occitan) comes from Latin acūtus, from Latin acuō, from Latin acus, from Proto-Italic akus, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱus, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱ- — sharp.
agut (Occitan): sharp; past participle of aver
Definitions
- sharp; past participle of aver
Ancestry of “agut”, step by step
agut traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin acūtus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | acūtus | sharpened, made sharp, sharp, having been sharpened |
| 2 | Latin | acuō | to make pointed, sharpen, whet |
| 3 | Latin | acus | a needle, a pin; bodkin; bran, awn, chaff |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | akus | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eḱus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eḱ- | sharp |
via Vulgar Latin *habūtum
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | *habūtum | — |