Where does “ingentilire” come from?

ingentilire (Italian) comes from Italian ire, from Latin ire, from Latin eo, from Proto-Italic eō, from Proto-Italic ejō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- — to go.

ingentilire (Italian): to refine or civilize; to artificially select; to...

Definitions

  1. to refine or civilize; to artificially select; to...

Ancestry of “ingentilire”, step by step

ingentilire traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian ire

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianireplural of ira; to go
2Latinirepresent active infinitive of eō; to go
3LatineoI go, I move; I advance, I proceed, I progress; I...
4Proto-ItaliceōI go
5Proto-Italicejō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go

via Italian gentile

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiangentilekind, courteous; gentle; lovely
2Latingentīlisof or belonging to the same family or gēns: kinsman
3Latin-ilis-ile
4Proto-Italic-elis—
5Proto-Indo-European-elis—
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

via Italian in

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianinin; to; into
2Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
3Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
4Proto-Italicenin
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “ingentilire”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti →Every word from Proto-Italic ejō →