Where does “cedevolezza” come from?
cedevolezza (Italian) comes from Italian cedevole, from Italian -evole, from Latin -ibilis, from Latin -bilis, from Proto-Italic -ðlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom — Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...
cedevolezza (Italian): ductility, pliability; docility, submissiveness
Definitions
- ductility, pliability; docility, submissiveness
Ancestry of “cedevolezza”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | cedevole | supple, pliant, yielding; soft |
| 2 | Italian | -evole | -y, -ery, -able, -ible; used to form adjectives... |
| 3 | Latin | -ibilis | -able; able or worthy to be |
| 4 | Latin | -bilis | -ble |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -ðlis | Forms adjectives from verb stems indicating capacity or worth of being acted on |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlom | Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;... |