Where does “approfondire” come from?
approfondire (Italian) comes from Italian profondo, from Latin profundus, from Latin prō, from Latin ratus, from Latin rēōr, from Proto-Italic rēōr, from Proto-Indo-European h₂reh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- — to fit, to fix, to put together.
approfondire (Italian): to deepen
Definitions
- to deepen
Ancestry of “approfondire”, step by step
approfondire traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian profondo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | profondo | deep, profound; deep, deeply, profoundly; depths |
| 2 | Latin | profundus | deep, profound; intense, extreme, profound;... |
| 3 | Latin | prō | for |
| 4 | Latin | ratus | considered, having been considered; established,... |
| 5 | Latin | rēōr | to reckon, calculate |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | rēōr | to reckon, to calculate; to think, to deem, to... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |