Where does “appesantire” come from?
appesantire (Italian) comes from Italian ire, from Latin ire, from Latin eo, from Proto-Italic eō, from Proto-Italic ejō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- — to go.
appesantire (Italian): to make heavy; to add heaviness, inconvenience,...
Definitions
- to make heavy; to add heaviness, inconvenience,...
Ancestry of “appesantire”, step by step
appesantire traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian ire
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | ire | plural of ira; to go |
| 2 | Latin | ire | present active infinitive of eō; to go |
| 3 | Latin | eo | I go, I move; I advance, I proceed, I progress; I... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | eō | I go |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | ejō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éyti | to go, to be going |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ey- | to go |
via Italian pesante
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | pesante | present participle of pesare; heavy; oppressive,... |
| 2 | Italian | pesare | to weigh |
| 3 | Latin | pensō | to ponder, consider |
| 4 | Latin | pendō | to weigh, weigh out |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | pendō | hang, put in a hanging position |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)péndeti | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |