peto
Latin
verb
Definitions
- I ask, beg, request.
- I make for (somewhere).
- I seek, aim at, desire.
- I beg, beseech.
- I attack.
- (ecclesiastical) To missionize or proselytize among the people of a place.
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂eti (fall, fly), *peth₂- (fly, spread out, fall).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*peth₂-
Gloss
fly, spread out, fall
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Action/Process
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- patently English
- expandere Latin
- impetus Latin
- pandō Latin
- pateo Latin
- penna Latin
- petere Latin
- petilus Latin
- petītus Latin
- repetō, repetere, repeto Latin
- πέταλον Ancient Greek
- πέταλος Ancient Greek
- πέτασος Ancient Greek
- πέτηλος Ancient Greek
- πέτομαι Ancient Greek
- πετάννυμι Ancient Greek
- ποταμός Ancient Greek
- πτέρυξ Ancient Greek
- πτερωτός Ancient Greek
- πτωτικός Ancient Greek
- πτωτός Ancient Greek
- πτῶμα Ancient Greek
- πτῶσις Ancient Greek
- ἀπόπτωσις Ancient Greek
- ἵπταμαι Ancient Greek
- *pet- Proto-Indo-European
- *peth₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *péth₂eti Proto-Indo-European
- *péth₂r̥ Proto-Indo-European
- *péth₂r̥, pth₂én- Proto-Indo-European
- *pípth₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *faþmaz Proto-Germanic
- *fiþriją Proto-Germanic
- पतति Sanskrit
- पातयति Sanskrit
- fiðraðr Old Norse
- fjaðraðr Old Norse
- *pъtakъ Proto-Slavic
- թիռ Armenian
- πετάω Greek (modern)
- πετώ Greek (modern)
- թիռ Old Armenian
- *ɸanssā Proto-Celtic
- *ɸettiyā Proto-Celtic
- *pátati Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *patnō Proto-Italic
- *pátati Proto-Indo-Aryan
- 𑀧𑀟𑀤𑀺 Sauraseni Prakrit
- 𑀧𑀟𑀇 Maharastri Prakrit
- ਪੈਣਾ Panjabi, Punjabi
- ἵπταμαι grc-koi
- 𑀧𑀟𑀇 Ardhamagadhi Prakrit