Where does “fintantoché” come from?
fintantoché (Italian) comes from Italian fintanto, from Italian tanto, from Latin tantus, from Latin tam, from Proto-Indo-European téh₂m, from Proto-Indo-European séh₂, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.
fintantoché (Italian): as long as; until
Definitions
- as long as; until
Ancestry of “fintantoché”, step by step
fintantoché traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian fintanto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | fintanto | Variant of fintantoché or finché |
| 2 | Italian | tanto | so much, so many; much, many; such |
| 3 | Latin | tantus | of such size, of such measure; so much, so great |
| 4 | Latin | tam | so, so much, to such an extent, to such a degree |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | téh₂m | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | séh₂ | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | só | this; that |