Where does “astutari” come from?
astutari (Sicilian) comes from Vulgar Latin extutare, from Latin tūtor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
astutari (Sicilian): to put out, to extinguish; to turn off
Definitions
- to put out, to extinguish; to turn off
Ancestry of “astutari”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Vulgar Latin | extutare | present active infinitive of *extūtō |
| 2 | Latin | tūtor | — |
| 3 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |