Where does “improvise” come from?
improvise (Galician) comes from Galician improvisar, 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.
improvise (Galician): first-person singular present subjunctive of...
Definitions
- first-person singular present subjunctive of...
Ancestry of “improvise”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galician | improvisar | to improvise; first/third-person singular future... |
| 2 | Galician | improviso | first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 3 | Latin | improvisus | unforeseen, unexpected; sudden |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 5 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |