Where does “халифа́т” come from?

халифа́т (Russian) comes from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.

халифа́т (Russian): caliphate

Definitions

  1. caliphate

Ancestry of “халифа́т”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-ātused
2Proto-Italic-ātos—
3Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →Every word from Latin -ātus →Every word from Proto-Italic -ātos →
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