Where does “astuto” come from?
astuto (Portuguese) comes from Latin astūtus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
astuto (Portuguese): clever; shrewd; sagacious; astute; shrewd;...
Definitions
- clever; shrewd; sagacious; astute; shrewd;...
Ancestry of “astuto”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | astūtus | — |
| 2 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |