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Where does “ingegnosamente” come from?

ingegnosamente (Italian) comes from Italian ingegnoso, from Latin ingeniōsus, from Latin ingenium, from Latin gignere, from Latin genere, from Latin genus, from Proto-Italic genos, from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁os — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

ingegnosamente (Italian): ingeniously, cleverly, imaginatively

Definitions

  1. ingeniously, cleverly, imaginatively

Ancestry of “ingegnosamente”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianingegnosoclever, ingenious; crafty
2Latiningeniōsus—
3Latiningeniuminnate or natural quality, natural character;...
4Latingigneresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
5Latingenereablative singular of genus; to beget, produce
6Latingenusbirth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,...
7Proto-Italicgenoslineage, origin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁osrace, lineage
9Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth
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