Where does “Scharlatan” come from?
Scharlatan (German) comes from French charlatan, from Italian ciarlatano, from Italian cerretano, from Italian -ano, from Latin -ant, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
Scharlatan (German): charlatan
Ancestry of “Scharlatan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | charlatan | a streetseller of medicines; a charlatan; a quack |
| 2 | Italian | ciarlatano | charlatan, quack |
| 3 | Italian | cerretano | Of or from Cerreto; A native or inhabitant of... |
| 4 | Italian | -ano | Used with a stem to form the third-person plural... |
| 5 | Latin | -ant | third-person plural present active indicative of... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |