Where does “senecto” come from?

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

senecto (Portuguese): old; elderly

Definitions

  1. old; elderly

Ancestry of “senecto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsenectūsaged, very old
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 senectūs →