Where does “insonnolire” come from?

insonnolire (Italian) comes from Italian sonnolenza, from Late Latin somnolentia, from Latin somnus, from Proto-Italic swepnos, from Proto-Indo-European swépnos, from Proto-Indo-European swopnos, from Proto-Indo-European swep- — to sleep.

insonnolire (Italian): to make sleepy; to cause sleepiness

Definitions

  1. to make sleepy; to cause sleepiness

Ancestry of “insonnolire”, step by step

insonnolire traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian sonnolenza

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiansonnolenzasleepiness, drowsiness
2Late Latinsomnolentiasleepiness, drowsiness; vocative singular of...
3Latinsomnussleep; drowsiness, slumber sloth, idleness; death
4Proto-Italicswepnos—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanswépnossleep, slumber
6Proto-Indo-Europeanswopnosdream
7Proto-Indo-Europeanswep-to sleep

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 “insonnolire”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swep- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European swopnos →Every word from Proto-Indo-European swépnos →