Where does “perpetuu” come from?

perpetuu (Romanian) comes from Latin perpetuus, from Latin -uus, from Proto-Italic *-wos, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

perpetuu (Romanian): perpetual

Definitions

  1. perpetual

Ancestry of “perpetuu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinperpetuusperpetual, continuous, uninterrupted, constant,...
2Latin-uusforms adjectives on verbal stems
3Proto-Italic*-wos
4Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wósEvery word from Latin -uusEvery word from Latin perpetuus
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