Where does “gentilissimo” come from?

gentilissimo (Italian) comes from Italian gentile, from Latin gentīlis, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

gentilissimo (Italian): dear formal way of addressing somebody at the beginning of a letter

Definitions

  1. dear formal way of addressing somebody at the beginning of a letter

Ancestry of “gentilissimo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiangentilekind, courteous; gentle; lovely
2Latingentīlisof or belonging to the same family or gēns: kinsman
3Latin-ilis-ile
4Proto-Italic-elis—
5Proto-Indo-European-elis—
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -ilis →Every word from Latin gentīlis →