Where does “insonnolito” come from?
insonnolito (Italian) comes from Italian insonnolire, 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.
insonnolito (Italian): sleepy, drowsy; past participle of insonnolire
Definitions
- sleepy, drowsy; past participle of insonnolire
Ancestry of “insonnolito”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | insonnolire | to make sleepy; to cause sleepiness |
| 2 | Italian | sonnolenza | sleepiness, drowsiness |
| 3 | Late Latin | somnolentia | sleepiness, drowsiness; vocative singular of... |
| 4 | Latin | somnus | sleep; drowsiness, slumber sloth, idleness; death |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | swepnos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | swépnos | sleep, slumber |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | swopnos | dream |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | swep- | to sleep |