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Where does “cantabilità” come from?

cantabilità (Italian) comes from Italian cantabile, from Italian cantare, from Latin cantāre, from Latin canere, from Latin caneo, from Latin -eo, from Proto-Italic -ēō, from Proto-Italic -ējō — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

cantabilità (Italian): Property of being singable; Property of being...

Definitions

  1. Property of being singable; Property of being...

Ancestry of “cantabilità”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancantabilecantabile; singable
2Italiancantareto sing
3Latincantāre—
4Latincanerepresent active infinitive of canō; second-person...
5LatincaneoI am white, gray or hoary
6Latin-eoForms stative verbs from adjectives; dative...
7Proto-Italic-ēōForms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;...
8Proto-Italic-ējō—
9Proto-Indo-European-éh₁yetiThematicization of the athematic stative verbal...
10Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots
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