Where does “vetustate” come from?

vetustate (Romanian) comes from French vétusté, from Latin vetustas, from Latin vetus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

vetustate (Romanian): dilapidation

Definitions

  1. dilapidation

Ancestry of “vetustate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchvétustédilapidation
2Latinvetustasold age; long existence or duration; antiquity
3Latinvetusold, aged, elderly, ancient; long-standing;...
4Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Italic-tus—
6Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin vetus →