Where does “frattanto” come from?

frattanto (Italian) comes from Italian fra, from Latin infra, from Latin īnferā, from French inférer, from Latin īnferō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.

frattanto (Italian): meanwhile; in the meantime

Definitions

  1. meanwhile; in the meantime

Ancestry of “frattanto”, step by step

frattanto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian fra

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianfrabetween; among; in
2Latininfrabelow
3Latinīnferā—
4Frenchinférerto infer
5Latinīnferōto carry, bring, put, place, or throw in, into, to, or upon somewhere or something; insert
6Latinīn-un-, non-, not
7Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
8Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
9Proto-Italicenin
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via Italian tanto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiantantoso much, so many; much, many; such
2Latintantusof such size, of such measure; so much, so great
3Latintamso, so much, to such an extent, to such a degree
4Proto-Indo-Europeantéh₂m—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanséh₂—
6Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →