Where does “Dignitar” come from?
Dignitar (German) comes from Italian dignitario, from Italian dignità, from Latin dīgnitās, from Latin -tās, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
Dignitar (German): dignitary
Definitions
- dignitary
Ancestry of “Dignitar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | dignitario | dignitary |
| 2 | Italian | dignità | dignity |
| 3 | Latin | dīgnitās | worth, worthiness, merit, desert |
| 4 | Latin | -tās | ty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |