Where does “piedmontal” come from?
piedmontal (English) comes from English Piedmont, from Italian piemonte, from Latin Pedemontium, from Latin pēs, from Ancient Greek μέτρον, from Ancient Greek -τρον, from Proto-Hellenic -tron, from Proto-Indo-European -trom — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
piedmontal (English): Relating to a piedmont
Definitions
- Relating to a piedmont
Ancestry of “piedmontal”, step by step
piedmontal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Piedmont
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Piedmont | (historiography) Any region that could serve as a basis for national unification, as Piedmont did for the Italian Risorgimento |
| 2 | Italian | piemonte | mountain foot; foot of a mountain |
| 3 | Latin | Pedemontium | — |
| 4 | Latin | pēs | a foot, in its senses as |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |