Where does “cita” come from?

cita (Romanian) comes from French citer, from Latin citō, from Latin -tō, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

cita (Romanian): to quote

Definitions

  1. to quote

Ancestry of “cita”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchciterto cite, quote; to summon; to name
2Latincitōquickly, fast
3Latin-tōForms here
4Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Italic-tus—
6Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “cita”

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