Where does “chiesto” come from?
chiesto (Italian) comes from Latin quaestus, from Latin quaesitus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
chiesto (Italian): past participle of chiedere
Definitions
- past participle of chiedere
Ancestry of “chiesto”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | quaestus | gain, acquisition, profit, advantage; occupation,... |
| 2 | Latin | quaesitus | sought for, having been sought for; asked, having... |
| 3 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |