Where does “generalissimo” come from?
Generalissimo comes from Italian generalissimo, from Italian generale, from Latin generalis, from the Latin suffix -alis and Proto-Italic genos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- meaning to beget or produce.
generalissimo (English): A supreme commander of the armed forces of a...
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- A supreme commander of the armed forces of a...
Ancestry of “generalissimo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | generalissimo | commander in chief |
| 2 | Italian | generale | general |
| 3 | Latin | generalis | general, generic |
| 4 | Latin | genus | birth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | genos | lineage, origin |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁os | race, lineage |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |