Where does “acutissimo” come from?
acutissimo (Italian) comes from Italian acuto, from Russian аку́т, from Spanish agudo, from Latin acūtus, from Latin acuō, from Latin acus, from Proto-Italic akus, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱus — sharp.
Ancestry of “acutissimo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | acuto | acute; sharp; high-pitched, high, shrill |
| 2 | Russian | аку́т | acute accent |
| 3 | Spanish | agudo | sharp, pointed, acute; acute, sharp, witty, keen;... |
| 4 | Latin | acūtus | sharpened, made sharp, sharp, having been sharpened |
| 5 | Latin | acuō | to make pointed, sharpen, whet |
| 6 | Latin | acus | a needle, a pin; bodkin; bran, awn, chaff |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | akus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eḱus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eḱ- | sharp |