Where does “talentós” come from?
talentós (Catalan) comes from Catalan talent, from Latin talentum, from Ancient Greek τάλαντον, from Proto-Indo-European tl̥h₂ent-, from Proto-Indo-European telh₂- — to bear, to undergo, to endure; ground, bottom.
talentós (Catalan): talented
Ancestry of “talentós”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Catalan | talent | talent; hunger |
| 2 | Latin | talentum | A Grecian weight, which contained sixty minae or... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | τάλαντον | balance, scale; anything weighed |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | tl̥h₂ent- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | telh₂- | to bear, to undergo, to endure; ground, bottom |