Where does “appetenza” come from?

appetenza (Italian) comes from Latin appetentia, from Latin appetens, from Latin appetō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.

appetenza (Italian): desire, longing

Definitions

  1. desire, longing

Ancestry of “appetenza”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinappetentiaa longing after something; appetite; nominative...
2Latinappetensstriving for; assaulting, assailing; approaching
3Latinappetōto strive for, reach after (something), try to get
4Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
5Latinīn-un-, non-, not
6Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én
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