Where does “donatimi” come from?
donatimi (Italian) comes from Italian donati, from Italian Donà, from Italian donato, from Latin donatus, from Latin dono, from Proto-Italic dōnāō, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti — he, she.
Ancestry of “donatimi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | donati | — |
| 2 | Italian | Donà | a noble family of Venice |
| 3 | Italian | donato | past participle of donare |
| 4 | Latin | donatus | given; bestowed, granted; forgiven, pardoned |
| 5 | Latin | dono | I give; I bestow, grant; I forgive, pardon |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | dōnāō | to give, to present |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |