Where does “Heródoto” come from?

Heródoto (Spanish) comes from Latin Hērodotus, from Ancient Greek Ἡρόδοτος, from Ancient Greek δοτός, from Proto-Indo-European dh₃tós, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

Heródoto (Spanish): Herodotus

Definitions

  1. Herodotus

Ancestry of “Heródoto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinHērodotusHerodotus
2Ancient GreekἩρόδοτοςin particular, the 5th century historian Herodotus of Halicarnassus
3Ancient Greekδοτόςgranted; given
4Proto-Indo-Europeandh₃tósgiven
5Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dh₃tós →Every word from Ancient Greek δοτός →