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Where does “diligente” come from?

diligente (Italian) comes from Latin dīligēns, from Latin dīligō, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx, from Proto-Italic lēg-, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-s, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

diligente (Italian): present participle of diligere; diligent,...

Definitions

  1. present participle of diligere; diligent,...

Ancestry of “diligente”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latindīligēns—
2Latindīligō—
3Latinlegō—
4Latinlēx—
5Proto-Italiclēg-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
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