Where does “Pietà” come from?

Pietà (German) comes from Italian pietà, from Latin pietas, from Latin pīus, from Latin -tās, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

Pietà (German): pietà sculpture or painting of the Virgin Mary holding and mourning the dead body of Jesus

Definitions

  1. pietà sculpture or painting of the Virgin Mary holding and mourning the dead body of Jesus

Ancestry of “Pietà”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpietàpity, compassion, godliness; piety; pietà
2LatinpietasDutiful conduct, sense of duty; Piety,...
3Latinpīus
4Latin-tāsty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship
5Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
6Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
7Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tósEvery word from Latin -tāsEvery word from Latin pīus