Where does “ferità” come from?

ferità (Italian) comes from Latin feritas, from Latin -tās, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

ferità (Italian): ferity

Definitions

  1. ferity

Ancestry of “ferità”, step by step

ferità traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin feritas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinferitaswildness; savagery, brutality, ferocity
2Latin-tāsty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship
3Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
4Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
5Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

via Italian ferire

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianferireto wound, to injure, to hurt
2Latinferiōto hit, to strike, to smite, to beat, to knock, injure
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰerH-to pierce; to strike; brown
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tós