Where does “dintorno” come from?
dintorno (Italian) comes from Italian dì, from Italian circolazione, from Latin circulatio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis- — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
dintorno (Italian): round, around, about, round about
Definitions
- round, around, about, round about
Ancestry of “dintorno”, step by step
dintorno traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian dì
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | dì | day; daytime; second-person singular imperative... |
| 2 | Italian | circolazione | traffic |
| 3 | Latin | circulatio | revolution (circular course), circulation |
| 4 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 5 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 6 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 7 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Italian intorno
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | intorno | of the surroundings; around, nearby |
| 2 | Italian | torno | archaic form of tornio; first-person singular... |
| 3 | Italian | tornio | lathe |
| 4 | Old Swedish | þorn | — |
| 5 | Old Norse | þorn | thorn; spike, esp. the tongue of a buckle, pin of... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | þurnuz | thorn, briar |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | tr̥nós | sharp, stiff |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ter- | strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to... |