Where does “improvviso” come from?

improvviso (Italian) comes from Latin improvisus, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

improvviso (Italian): unexpected, sudden, unforeseen, untimely;...

Definitions

  1. unexpected, sudden, unforeseen, untimely;...

Ancestry of “improvviso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinimprovisusunforeseen, unexpected; sudden
2Latinīn-un-, non-, not
3Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
4Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
5Proto-Italicenin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “improvviso”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Proto-Italic en →