Where does “diffidente” come from?
diffidente (Italian) comes from Latin diffidentem, from Latin diffidere, from Latin diffido, from Italian fidare, from Vulgar Latin fidare, from Latin fīdō, from Proto-Italic feiðō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰéydʰeti — to compel, force; to trust.
diffidente (Italian): suspicious, distrustful; untrustworthy
Definitions
- suspicious, distrustful; untrustworthy
Ancestry of “diffidente”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | diffidentem | accusative masculine singular of diffīdēns;... |
| 2 | Latin | diffidere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 3 | Latin | diffido | I distrust; I despair |
| 4 | Italian | fidare | to entrust something to someone; see affidare; to... |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | fidare | — |
| 6 | Latin | fīdō | to trust, put confidence in |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | feiðō | to trust |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰéydʰeti | to trust |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeydʰ- | to compel, force; to trust |