Where does “presunto” come from?

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

presunto (Portuguese): dry-cured ham; thigh of a hog cured for food; a...

Definitions

  1. dry-cured ham; thigh of a hog cured for food; a...

Ancestry of “presunto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpersunctu—
2Latinsuctussucked, having been sucked; taken in, having been...
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “presunto”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin suctus →
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