-itus

Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *-tós, suffix forming possessive adjectives from nouns (compare -ātus), combined with preceding material of uncertain origin (different words may have different sources of -ī-). According to one hypothesis, some words ending in -ītus are "decasuative" formations derived from former inflected noun forms that ended in -ī, such as the instrumental singular form of i-stem nouns or the genitive singular of o-stem nouns. For example, in crīnītus (“long-haired”), the ending -ītus may be from instrumental *-ih₁ + *-to-.[1] But this type of derivation is disputed. Other words may have been formed by analogy. For some words, it is difficult to distinguish the adjectival ending from the fourth-conjugation participial ending.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-ītus (feminine -īta, neuter -ītum); first/second-declension suffix

  1. Used to form adjectives.

See also
Latin terms suffixed with -itus (adjective)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *-tos, related to the Indic ablatival ending -तस् (-tas), as in अतस् (átas), अग्रतस् (agratás).[2]

Pronunciation

Suffix

-itus (not comparable)

  1. -ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives.
Synonyms

See also
Latin terms suffixed with -itus (adverb)

Pronunciation

Suffix

-ītus

  1. perfect passive participle of -iō (fourth conjugation)

References
  1. Fortson, B. W., IV. (2020). "Towards an assessment of decasuative derivation in Indo-European," Indo-European Linguistics, 8(1), 46-109. doi: https://doi.org/10.1163/22125892-bja10004
  2. Rosén, H. (2007). "A Latin adverbialization: -(i)tus from separative-locative to manner adverb." Historische Sprachforschung / Historical Linguistics, 120, 215–230. http://www.jstor.org/stable/40849301
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