Where does “enormità” come from?
enormità (Italian) comes from Latin ēnormitās, from Latin ēnōrmis, from Latin nōrma, from Ancient Greek γνώμων, from Ancient Greek γιγνώσκω, from Proto-Indo-European ǵn̥h₃sḱéti, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- — to know.
enormità (Italian): hugeness, enormity, vastness, enormousness;...
Definitions
- hugeness, enormity, vastness, enormousness;...
Ancestry of “enormità”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | ēnormitās | irregularity |
| 2 | Latin | ēnōrmis | irregular, unusual |
| 3 | Latin | nōrma | a carpenter’s square |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | γνώμων | interpreter, discerner; carpenter's square;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | γιγνώσκω | I am aware of; I perceive, observe, know, learn;... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵn̥h₃sḱéti | to recognise |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵneh₃- | to know |