Where does “controinterrogatorio” come from?
controinterrogatorio (Italian) comes from Italian interrogatorio, from Latin interrogatorius, from Latin interrogator, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
controinterrogatorio (Italian): cross examination
Definitions
- cross examination
Ancestry of “controinterrogatorio”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | interrogatorio | interrogation, questioning, examination |
| 2 | Latin | interrogatorius | Consisting or preceding by questions;... |
| 3 | Latin | interrogator | An interrogator; A wizard |
| 4 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |