Where does “nexo” come from?

nexo (Portuguese) comes from Latin nexūs, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

nexo (Portuguese): nexus, connection; sense, coherence

Definitions

  1. nexus, connection; sense, coherence

Ancestry of “nexo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnexūsbound, tied, fastened, connected, interwoven, having been bound
2Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
3Proto-Italic-tus—
4Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin nexūs →