Where does “Risorgimento” come from?
Risorgimento derives from Italian risorgimento, formed from the Italian prefix ri- (from Latin re-, "again") and sorgimento (from Latin surgere, "to rise"), with the -mento suffix (from Latin -mentum, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥) denoting the act or result of rising again.
Risorgimento (English): The political and military movement that led to the unification of Italy in the 19th century
Definitions
- The political and military movement that led to the unification of Italy in the 19th century
Ancestry of “Risorgimento”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | Risorgimento | Risorgimento |
| 2 | Italian | risorgere | to rise again; to revive |
| 3 | Latin | resurgere | present active infinitive of resurgō; rise again;... |
| 4 | Latin | surgere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 5 | Latin | surgo | I rise, get up, I arise; I lift up, I straighten |
| 6 | Latin | subrigo | I lift up, I straighten |
| 7 | Latin | regō | to rule, govern, direct |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | regō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃réǵeti | to be straightening, to be setting upright |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃reǵ- | to straighten, to right oneself; right; just |