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Where does “pastizal” come from?

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

pastizal (Spanish): grassland, pasture

Definitions

  1. grassland, pasture

Ancestry of “pastizal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishpastopasture; lawn; grass
2Latinpāstus—
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →