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Where does “astuto” come from?

astuto (Spanish) comes from Latin astūtus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

astuto (Spanish): cunning, crafty, sly, wily, slick, foxy, artful;...

Definitions

  1. cunning, crafty, sly, wily, slick, foxy, artful;...

Ancestry of “astuto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinastūtus—
2Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
3Proto-Italic-tus—
4Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →