Where does “attivo” come from?
attivo (Italian) comes from Latin āctīvus, from Ancient Greek ἐνεργητικός, from Ancient Greek ἐνεργέω, from Ancient Greek ἐνεργός, from Ancient Greek ἐν-, from Ancient Greek ἐν, from Ancient Greek δέρμα, from Ancient Greek γλυφή — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
attivo (Italian): active; working, busy; active voice
Definitions
- active; working, busy; active voice
Ancestry of “attivo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | āctīvus | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ἐνεργητικός | Able to act on; acting on; Active; In the active... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἐνεργέω | to be in action or activity, to operate; to... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἐνεργός | at work, active |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἐν- | in, within; on |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἐν | in, on, at; among; in, at, or during the time of |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | δέρμα | skin, hide |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | γλυφή | carving, carved work; hole cut |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -ῐ́ᾱ | {{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |
Words derived from “attivo”