Where does “alterigia” come from?

alterigia (Italian) comes from Italian -igia, from French -ise, from Old French -ise, from Latin -itia, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

alterigia (Italian): hauteur

Definitions

  1. hauteur

Ancestry of “alterigia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italian-igiaise suffix used in loanwords from French to form abstract nouns of quality or function
2French-iseise; forms abstract nouns
3Old French-iseused to form feminine nouns, often denoting a...
4Latin-itia-ness, -ity
5Latin-iaUsed to form a feminine abstract noun, usually...
6Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
7Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
8Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós