Where does “desidero” come from?
desidero (Italian) comes from Italian desiderio, from Latin Desiderius, from Latin desiderium, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
desidero (Italian): Archaic form of desiderio; first-person singular...
Definitions
- Archaic form of desiderio; first-person singular...
Ancestry of “desidero”, step by step
desidero traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian desiderio
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | desiderio | wish, desire, longing |
| 2 | Latin | Desiderius | — |
| 3 | Latin | desiderium | longing, desire, wish; grief, regret; need,... |
| 4 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 5 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via Italian desiderare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | desiderare | to wish, to want, to like, to desire, to long |
| 2 | Latin | dēsīderāre | — |