Where does “insidioso” come from?
insidioso (Italian) comes from Latin īnsidiōsus, from Latin īnsidiae, from Latin īnsideō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
insidioso (Italian): dangerous, insidious, tricky, underhand
Definitions
- dangerous, insidious, tricky, underhand
Ancestry of “insidioso”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | īnsidiōsus | cunning, deceitful, insidious |
| 2 | Latin | īnsidiae | ambush |
| 3 | Latin | īnsideō | to sit down, in or upon; to be seated or rest in or upon |
| 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 |