Where does “innanzi” come from?
innanzi (Italian) comes from Latin antea, from Latin eā, from Latin is, from Latin eō, from Proto-Italic eō, from Proto-Italic ejō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- — to go.
innanzi (Italian): previous; forward, onward, on; on, onward
Definitions
- previous; forward, onward, on; on, onward
Ancestry of “innanzi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | antea | before, beforehand; formerly, previously |
| 2 | Latin | eā | "she", "it" (referring to feminine nouns), or demonstratively (as a demonstrative pronoun) "this", "that" (likewise referring to feminine nouns) |
| 3 | Latin | is | he, it; this or that man, this or that thing;... |
| 4 | Latin | eō | to go, to fare, to move (oneself) (any kind of animate or inanimate motion: walk, ride, sail, fly, etc.) |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | eō | I go |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | ejō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éyti | to go, to be going |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ey- | to go |