Where does “imperò” come from?
imperò (Italian) comes from Italian però, from Latin pirus, from Malay firus, from Persian فیروزه, from Classical Persian پیروزه, from Turkic Turkic, from English sarapa, from Persian سراپا — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.
imperò (Italian): third-person singular past historic of imperare;...
Definitions
- third-person singular past historic of imperare;...
Ancestry of “imperò”, step by step
imperò traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian però
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | però | yet, but, however, nevertheless |
| 2 | Latin | pirus | a pear-tree |
| 3 | Malay | firus | turquoise |
| 4 | Persian | فیروزه | turquoise |
| 5 | Classical Persian | پیروزه | turquoise |
| 6 | Turkic | Turkic | — |
| 7 | English | sarapa | A robe of honour |
| 8 | Persian | سراپا | from head to toe |
| 9 | Persian | پا | leg, foot; with |
| 10 | Old Persian | 𐎱𐎠𐎭 | foot |
| 11 | Proto-Iranian | pā́dah | foot |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | pā́ts | foot |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pṓds | foot |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | póds | foot |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ped- | to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall |
via Latin imperium
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | imperium | The empire, state, imperial government, realm,... |
| 2 | Latin | imperāre | — |
| 3 | Latin | parāre | — |
| 4 | Latin | parō | to arrange, order, contrive, design |
| 5 | Latin | pectus | chest, breast; heart, breast, as the seat of... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | pektos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | peg- | breast |
| 8 | English | polyethylene glycol | Any of a series of water-soluble polymers, of... |