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Where does “insorgere” come from?

insorgere (Italian) comes from Latin insurgere, from Latin insurgo, from Latin surgo, from Latin subrigo, from Latin regō, from Proto-Italic regō, from Proto-Indo-European h₃réǵeti, from Proto-Indo-European h₃reǵ- — to straighten, to right oneself; right; just.

insorgere (Italian): to rise up, rebel; to arise

Definitions

  1. to rise up, rebel; to arise

Ancestry of “insorgere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latininsurgerepresent active infinitive of īnsurgō
2LatininsurgoI rise up
3LatinsurgoI rise, get up, I arise; I lift up, I straighten
4LatinsubrigoI lift up, I straighten
5Latinregō—
6Proto-Italicregō—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃réǵetito be straightening, to be setting upright
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃reǵ-to straighten, to right oneself; right; just
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