Where does “informatissimo” come from?
informatissimo (Italian) comes from Italian informato, from Italian informare, from Latin īnfōrmō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
Ancestry of “informatissimo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | informato | past participle of informare |
| 2 | Italian | informare | to inform, tell, report, notify |
| 3 | Latin | īnfōrmō | to form, mould, fashion, give shape to |
| 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 |