Where does “ratito” come from?

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

ratito (Spanish): Diminutive of rato, a short while

Definitions

  1. Diminutive of rato, a short while

Ancestry of “ratito”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishratoa while, bit; male rat
2Latinraptussnatched, having been snatched, grabbed, having...
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 →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin raptus →