Where does “degnità” come from?
degnità (Italian) comes from Italian degno, from Latin dīgnus, from Proto-Italic degnos, from Proto-Indo-European dḱ-nós, from Proto-Indo-European deḱ- — take; perceive.
degnità (Italian): worthiness
Definitions
- worthiness
Ancestry of “degnità”, step by step
degnità traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian degno
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | degno | worthy, deserving; eligible, suitable; admirable,... |
| 2 | Latin | dīgnus | appropriate, fitting, worthy, meet, deserving, fit, proper, suitable, becoming |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | degnos | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | dḱ-nós | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | deḱ- | take; perceive |
via Latin dīgnitās
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | dīgnitās | worth, worthiness, merit, desert |
| 2 | Latin | -tās | ty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |