Where does “Capodimonte” come from?
Capodimonte (Italian) comes from Italian dì, from Italian circolazione, from Latin circulatio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis- — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
Capodimonte (Italian): an area of Naples famous for a Bourbon royal palace, the National Museum of Capodimonte, housed in the former Palace of Capodimonte, the Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte and Capodimonte porcelain manufactory
Definitions
- an area of Naples famous for a Bourbon royal palace, the National Museum of Capodimonte, housed in the former Palace of Capodimonte, the Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte and Capodimonte porcelain manufactory
Ancestry of “Capodimonte”, step by step
Capodimonte traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian dì
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | dì | day; daytime; second-person singular imperative... |
| 2 | Italian | circolazione | traffic |
| 3 | Latin | circulatio | revolution (circular course), circulation |
| 4 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 5 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 6 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 7 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |