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Where does “giovevole” come from?

giovevole (Italian) comes from Italian -evole, from Latin -ibilis, from Latin -bilis, from Proto-Italic -ðlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom — Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...

giovevole (Italian): advantageous, profitable, beneficial; good for...

Definitions

  1. advantageous, profitable, beneficial; good for...

Ancestry of “giovevole”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italian-evole-y, -ery, -able, -ible; used to form adjectives...
2Latin-ibilis-able; able or worthy to be
3Latin-bilis-ble
4Proto-Italic-ðlis—
5Proto-Indo-European-dʰlis—
6Proto-Indo-European-dʰlomAlternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom →