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
- to make sleepy; to cause sleepiness
Ancestry of “insonnolire”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | sonnolenza | sleepiness, drowsiness |
| 2 | Late Latin | somnolentia | sleepiness, drowsiness; vocative singular of... |
| 3 | Latin | somnus | sleep; drowsiness, slumber sloth, idleness; death |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | swepnos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | swépnos | sleep, slumber |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | swopnos | dream |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | swep- | to sleep |
Words derived from “insonnolire”