Where does “sitio” come from?

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

sitio (Spanish): site, place; siege

Definitions

  1. site, place; siege

Ancestry of “sitio”, step by step

sitio traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin situs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsituspermitted, allowed, suffered, having been...
2Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
3Proto-Italic-tus
4Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

via Spanish sitiar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishsitiarto besiege
2Latinsituāre

Words derived from “sitio

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tusEvery word from Latin -tusEvery word from Latin situs
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