Where does “empietà” come from?
empietà (Italian) comes from Latin impietas, from Latin impius, from Latin pīus, from Latin -tās, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
empietà (Italian): impiety
Definitions
- impiety
Ancestry of “empietà”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | impietas | irreverence, ungodliness, impiety |
| 2 | Latin | impius | disloyal, undutiful; godless, impious,... |
| 3 | Latin | pīus | — |
| 4 | Latin | -tās | ty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |