Where does “Piedmont” come from?
Piedmont comes from Medieval Latin Pedemontium, which literally means "foot of the mountain," referring to the region at the base of the Alps.
Piedmont (English): (historiography) Any region that could serve as a basis for national unification, as Piedmont did for the Italian Risorgimento
Definitions
- (historiography) Any region that could serve as a basis for national unification, as Piedmont did for the Italian Risorgimento
Ancestry of “Piedmont”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | piemonte | mountain foot; foot of a mountain |
| 2 | Latin | Pedemontium | — |
| 3 | Latin | pēs | a foot, in its senses as |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |