Where does “desolate” come from?
desolate (Italian) comes from Italian desolato, from Italian desolare, from Latin desolare, from Latin desolo, from Latin solus, from Latin swolos, from Proto-Italic swelos, from Proto-Indo-European wēlH- — to turn, to wind.
desolate (Italian): feminine plural of desolato
Definitions
- feminine plural of desolato
Ancestry of “desolate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | desolato | desolate; distressed; barren, bleak |
| 2 | Italian | desolare | to distress or dishearten; to desolate or... |
| 3 | Latin | desolare | second-person singular present passive indicative... |
| 4 | Latin | desolo | I leave alone, make lonely, lay waste, desolate;... |
| 5 | Latin | solus | alone, sole, only, by oneself with no others... |
| 6 | Latin | swolos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | swelos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wēlH- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | welH- | to turn, to wind |