Where does “dogaressa” come from?
dogaressa (Italian) comes from Venetian dogaresa, from Medieval Latin ducarissa, from Latin ducatrix, from Latin ducātor, from Latin -ator, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr.
dogaressa (Italian): dogaressa, dogess the wife of a doge
Definitions
- dogaressa, dogess the wife of a doge
Ancestry of “dogaressa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Venetian | dogaresa | — |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | ducarissa | — |
| 3 | Latin | ducatrix | a (female) leader, a chieftainess |
| 4 | Latin | ducātor | leader, commander, guide |
| 5 | Latin | -ator | -ator, -er; second-person singular future passive... |
| 6 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |