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Where does “citat” come from?

citat (Swedish) comes from German Zitat, from Latin citatum, from Latin citō, from Latin -tō, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

citat (Swedish): a quote

Definitions

  1. a quote

Ancestry of “citat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanZitatquotation
2Latincitatumnominative neuter singular of citātus; accusative...
3Latincitō—
4Latin-tō—
5Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
6Proto-Italic-tus—
7Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “citat”

  • citattecken
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →