Where does “attilà” come from?
attilà (Istriot) comes from Italian attillato, from Italian attillare, from Spanish atildar, from Spanish á-, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.
attilà (Istriot): tight
Definitions
- tight
Ancestry of “attilà”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | attillato | close-fitting, tight, snug, clinging; elegantly... |
| 2 | Italian | attillare | to make fit closely or tightly |
| 3 | Spanish | atildar | to clean up, to tidy |
| 4 | Spanish | á- | a-, non-, -less |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |