Where does “controesame” come from?
controesame (Italian) comes from Italian esame, from Latin examen, from Latin exagmen, from Latin agō, from Proto-Italic agō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.
controesame (Italian): cross examination
Ancestry of “controesame”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | esame | examination, test; examination, exam; check,... |
| 2 | Latin | examen | swarm of bees; crowd; tongue of a balance; a... |
| 3 | Latin | exagmen | — |
| 4 | Latin | agō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | agō | drive; push, impel; do, act |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éǵeti | to be driving |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eǵ- | to drive |