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Where does “-tāts” come from?

-tāts (Proto-Hellenic) comes from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

Ancestry of “-tāts”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
2Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
3Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “-tāts”

  • oxygen
  • political
  • policy
  • hypoxia
  • oxygenation
  • police
  • oxalate
  • politics
  • oxytocin
  • poetry
  • poet
  • doxorubicin
  • governor
  • oxalic
  • planet
  • fluoxetine
  • prophet
  • anoxic
  • oxy
  • politically
  • prophecy
  • deoxyribonucleic
  • politician
  • deoxy
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