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Where does “interessante” come from?

interessante (Italian) comes from Italian interessare, from Italian -are, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

interessante (Italian): interesting; present participle of interessare

Definitions

  1. interesting; present participle of interessare

Ancestry of “interessante”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianinteressareto be interesting, to be of interest, to...
2Italian-areUsed, with a stem, to form the infinitive of most...
3Latin-ō—
4Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots
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