Etymology Explorer › Italian

Where does “allertamento” come from?

allertamento (Italian) comes from Italian allertare, from Italian allerta, from Italian erta, from Italian erto, from Latin ērectus, from Latin ērigō, from Latin regō, from Proto-Italic regō — to straighten, to right oneself; right; just.

allertamento (Italian): alert

Definitions

  1. alert

Ancestry of “allertamento”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianallertareto alert; to alarm
2Italianallertaalert, attentive, vigilant; alert, alarm, warning...
3Italianertafeminine singular of erto; steep slope
4Italianertosteep
5Latinērectus—
6Latinērigō—
7Latinregō—
8Proto-Italicregō—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃réǵetito be straightening, to be setting upright
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃reǵ-to straighten, to right oneself; right; just
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