Where does “batticuore” come from?
batticuore (Italian) comes from Italian cuore, from Vulgar Latin *corem, from Latin cor, from Proto-Italic kord, from Proto-Indo-European ḱḗr — heart.
batticuore (Italian): palpitations; sudden increase of heart rate due...
Definitions
- palpitations; sudden increase of heart rate due...
Ancestry of “batticuore”, step by step
batticuore traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian cuore
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | cuore | heart; breast, bosom |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | *corem | — |
| 3 | Latin | cor | heart; soul, mind |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | kord | heart |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱḗr | heart |
via Italian battere
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | battere | to beat, patrol, batter, strike or hit; to... |
| 2 | Latin | battere | — |
| 3 | Latin | battuere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰēdʰ- | to bend, fold |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰedʰ- | to bend, to press; to stab, dig; to dig |