Where does “antiterremoto” come from?
antiterremoto (Italian) comes from Italian terremoto, from Latin terraemotus, from Latin terrae, from Latin terra, from Proto-Italic terzā, from Proto-Indo-European ters-eh₂, from Proto-Indo-European ters- — dry.
antiterremoto (Italian): antiearthquake
Definitions
- antiearthquake
Ancestry of “antiterremoto”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | terremoto | earthquake, quake; havoc, chaos, uproar |
| 2 | Latin | terraemotus | earthquake |
| 3 | Latin | terrae | nominative plural of terra; genitive singular of... |
| 4 | Latin | terra | ground, dry land; earth, soil, dirt; Earth's... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | terzā | earth |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ters-eh₂ | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ters- | dry |