Where does “Donatello” come from?

Donatello comes from Italian Donatello, formed with the Italian diminutive suffix -ello, itself from Latin -ellus, a diminutive suffix meaning small.

Donatello (English): An Italian Renaissance painter

Definitions

  1. An Italian Renaissance painter

Ancestry of “Donatello”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianDonatelloDonatello Italian artist
2Italiandonatopast participle of donare
3Latindonatusgiven; bestowed, granted; forgiven, pardoned
4LatindonoI give; I bestow, grant; I forgive, pardon
5Proto-Italicdōnāōto give, to present
6Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
7Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
8Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
10Chichewaiyehe, she

Words derived from “Donatello”

Every word from Chichewa iye →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yéti →Every word from Proto-Italic -āō →