Where does “šarlatán” come from?
šarlatán (Czech) comes from German Scharlatan, from French charlatan, from Italian ciarlatano, from Italian cerretano, from Italian -ano, from Latin -ant, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti — he, she.
šarlatán (Czech): charlatan
Definitions
- charlatan
Ancestry of “šarlatán”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Scharlatan | charlatan |
| 2 | French | charlatan | a streetseller of medicines; a charlatan; a quack |
| 3 | Italian | ciarlatano | charlatan, quack |
| 4 | Italian | cerretano | Of or from Cerreto; A native or inhabitant of... |
| 5 | Italian | -ano | Used with a stem to form the third-person plural... |
| 6 | Latin | -ant | third-person plural present active indicative of... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |