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Where does “gruñido” come from?

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

gruñido (Spanish): oink; grunt; growl

Definitions

  1. oink; grunt; growl

Ancestry of “gruñido”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latingrunnitusgrunted; grunting, a grunt
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 →