-eo etymology

Latin word -eo comes from Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti, Proto-Indo-European - -yeti

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Detailed word origin of -eo

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
*-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) Creates stative (or durative) verbs from nominals.. Creates stative (or durative) verbs from perfective roots.
- -yeti Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro)
*-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) Thematicization of the athematic stative verbal suffix; see *-yeti.
*-ēō Proto-Italic (itc-pro) Forms causative verbs from basic (3rd conjugation) verbs.. Forms stative verbs, indicating a state of being.
-eo Latin (lat) Forms stative verbs from adjectives.

Words with the same origin as -eo

Descendants of *-éh₁ti
aequo alieno altero alto amico animo arbitror auro bello certamen certo cibo cito consulto continuo decimo initio libro merito multo pretio primo stare status tertio
Descendants of - -yeti
laus procurator species