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Where does “improvisar” come from?

improvisar (Galician) comes from Galician improviso, from Latin improvisus, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

improvisar (Galician): to improvise; first/third-person singular future...

Definitions

  1. to improvise; first/third-person singular future...

Ancestry of “improvisar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianimprovisofirst-person singular present indicative of...
2Latinimprovisusunforeseen, unexpected; sudden
3Latinīn-—
4Latinîn—
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “improvisar”

  • improviso
  • improvise
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →