Where does “imminentissimo” come from?
imminentissimo (Italian) comes from Italian imminente, from Latin imminens, from Latin immineo, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
Ancestry of “imminentissimo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | imminente | imminent, forthcoming, impending, near |
| 2 | Latin | imminens | projecting, overhanging; threatening, menacing |
| 3 | Latin | immineo | I project, bend or lean toward or over, overhang;... |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 5 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |