Where does “entità” come from?

entità (Italian) comes from Medieval Latin entitas, from Latin ens, from Latin sum, from Proto-Italic ezom, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésmi, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ēs- — to be.

entità (Italian): entity; extent; size

Definitions

  1. entity; extent; size

Ancestry of “entità”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinentitasentity; an entity
2Latinensbeing
3Latinsumto be, exist, have; to be there; to go
4Proto-Italicezomto be
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ésmifirst-person singular present indicative of...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ēs-to be
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ēs- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésmi →Every word from Proto-Italic ezom →