Where does “catafract” come from?

catafract (Romanian) comes from Latin cataphractus, from Ancient Greek κατάφρακτος, from Ancient Greek -τός, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

catafract (Romanian): cataphract

Definitions

  1. cataphract

Ancestry of “catafract”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincataphractuswearing armor, mailed
2Ancient Greekκατάφρακτοςcovered, shut up, enclosed
3Ancient Greek-τόςcreates verbal adjectives of possibility, either...
4Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tósEvery word from Ancient Greek -τόςEvery word from Ancient Greek κατάφρακτος