Where does “allertare” come from?
allertare (Italian) comes from Italian allerta, from Italian erta, from Italian erto, from Latin ērectus, from Latin ērigō, from Latin regō, from Proto-Italic regō, from Proto-Indo-European h₃réǵeti — to straighten, to right oneself; right; just.
allertare (Italian): to alert; to alarm
Definitions
- to alert; to alarm
Ancestry of “allertare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | allerta | alert, attentive, vigilant; alert, alarm, warning... |
| 2 | Italian | erta | feminine singular of erto; steep slope |
| 3 | Italian | erto | steep |
| 4 | Latin | ērectus | erected, made upright, raised, having been set up |
| 5 | Latin | ērigō | to raise up, elevate, lift |
| 6 | Latin | regō | to rule, govern, direct |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | regō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃réǵeti | to be straightening, to be setting upright |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃reǵ- | to straighten, to right oneself; right; just |