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-utus
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Latin
Etymology
A late rebracketing of u + -tus, a sequence found in two types of Classical Latin words:
Suffix
-ūtus (feminine -ūta, neuter -ūtum); first/second-declension suffix
- (Late Latin) Attaches to nouns to forms adjectives with the sense of '(prominently) characterized by [noun]'.
- (Early Medieval Latin)? Forms the perfect participle of second– or third-conjugation verbs.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Derived terms
Descendants
- Balkan Romance:
- Dalmatian:
- -oit
- Italo-Romance:
- Insular Romance:
- Sardinian: -udu
- North Italian:
- Friulian: -ût
- Istriot: -ù
- Ladin: -ù
- Piedmontese: -ù
- Venetan: -udo
- Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
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