Where does “nuto” come from?

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

nuto (Portuguese): nod; the will, what is desired or chosen

Definitions

  1. nod; the will, what is desired or chosen

Ancestry of “nuto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnutusnod, nodding; downward tendency or motion; the...
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 nutus →