Where does “automiglioramento” come from?
automiglioramento (Italian) comes from Italian auto, from Italian automobile, from Italian auto-, from Ancient Greek αὐτός, from French mobile, from Latin mōbilis, from Latin -bilis, from Proto-Italic -ðlis — Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...
automiglioramento (Italian): self-improvement
Definitions
- self-improvement
Ancestry of “automiglioramento”, step by step
automiglioramento traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian auto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | auto | Clipping of automobile: car; auto; An auto... |
| 2 | Italian | automobile | automobile |
| 3 | Italian | auto- | auto-, self-; eigen-; homo- |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | αὐτός | αὐτή f, αὐτό n; "first/second declension";... |
| 5 | French | mobile | mobile; moving; movable |
| 6 | Latin | mōbilis | movable, loose |
| 7 | Latin | -bilis | -ble |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -ðlis | Forms adjectives from verb stems indicating capacity or worth of being acted on |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlom | Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;... |
via Italian miglioramento
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | miglioramento | improvement |
| 2 | Italian | migliorare | to improve, to better, to mend; to improve, to... |
| 3 | Latin | meliōrāre | — |
| 4 | Latin | melĭor | better |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | meljōs | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | mélyōs | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | mel- | soft; tender; weak; to deceive; to rub |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | mey- | to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange |