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Where does “approfondimento” come from?

approfondimento (Italian) comes from Italian approfondire, from Italian profondo, from Latin profundus, from Latin prō, from Latin ratus, from Latin rēōr, from Proto-Italic rēōr, from Proto-Indo-European h₂reh₁- — to fit, to fix, to put together.

approfondimento (Italian): deepening

Definitions

  1. deepening

Ancestry of “approfondimento”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianapprofondireto deepen
2Italianprofondodeep, profound; deep, deeply, profoundly; depths
3Latinprofundusdeep, profound; intense, extreme, profound;...
4Latinprō—
5Latinratusconsidered, having been considered; established,...
6Latinrēōr—
7Proto-Italicrēōrto reckon, to calculate; to think, to deem, to...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂reh₁-to think, reason; to arrange
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

Words derived from “approfondimento”

  • approfondamento
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