Where does “giovanotto” come from?
giovanotto (Italian) comes from Italian giovane, from Latin iuvenis, from Proto-Italic *juwō.
giovanotto (Italian): Diminutive of giovane: young man
Definitions
- Diminutive of giovane: young man
Ancestry of “giovanotto”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | giovane | young; youthful; a youth |
| 2 | Latin | iuvenis | young; A youth, a young man, young woman, young... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *juwō | — |