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Where does “caritatevole” come from?

caritatevole (Italian) comes from Italian carità, from Latin cāritās, from Latin -tās, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

caritatevole (Italian): charitable, softhearted

Definitions

  1. charitable, softhearted

Ancestry of “caritatevole”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancaritàcharity
2Latincāritās—
3Latin-tās—
4Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
5Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
6Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “caritatevole”

  • caritatevolmente
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