avitus.
grandfatherly
Meaning & usage
grandfatherly
ancestral
Where this word comes from
From avus (“grandfather; ancestor, forebear”) + -ītus; but the details of the derivation, such as the provenance of the -ī-, are disputed. According to one analysis, found in Leumann 1977, the term is a "decasuative" formation built on the genitive singular case-form avī. De Vaan says it is "formed after marītus", and so apparently views the ending as analogical.
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