Where does “duramente” come from?

duramente (Italian) comes from Italian -mente, from Latin mente, from Latin mēns, from Proto-Italic mentis, from Proto-Indo-European méntis, from Indo-European *men-.

duramente (Italian): harshly, roughly, hard, severely

Definitions

  1. harshly, roughly, hard, severely

Ancestry of “duramente”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italian-mente-wise, -ly, -ally
2Latinmenteablative singular of mēns
3Latinmēnsmind
4Proto-Italicmentismind, thought
5Proto-Indo-Europeanméntisthought
6Indo-European*men-—
Every word from Indo-European *men- →Every word from Italian -mente →Every word from Proto-Indo-European méntis →