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Where does “aspreté” come from?

aspreté (Old French) comes from Latin asperitatem, from Latin -itās, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

Ancestry of “aspreté”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinasperitatemaccusative singular of asperitās
2Latin-itās—
3Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
4Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
5Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “aspreté”

  • asperity
  • nanoasperity
  • asperite
  • asprete
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tós →