Where does “fitu” come from?

fitu (Proto-Polynesian) comes from Old Portuguese feeyto, from Latin filictum, from Latin -tum, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

fitu (Proto-Polynesian): seven

Definitions

  1. seven

Ancestry of “fitu”, step by step

fitu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Portuguese feeyto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesefeeyto—
2Latinfilictumfernbrake, stand of ferns
3Latin-tummasculine accusative singular of -tus; neuter...
4Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Italic-tus—
6Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

via Proto-Oceanic pitu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Oceanicpituseven
2Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianpitu—
3Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianpitu—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpituseven
5Proto-Austronesianpituseven
6Proto-Austroasiatic*pitu—

Words derived from “fitu”

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