Where does “sărutătură” come from?

sărutătură (Romanian) comes from Romanian săruta, from Latin salūtō, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

sărutătură (Romanian): kiss

Definitions

  1. kiss

Ancestry of “sărutătură”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniansărutato kiss; to salute
2Latinsalūtōto preserve, keep safe
3Latin-ōsuffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs
4Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ō →Every word from Latin -ō →Every word from Latin salūtō →