Etymology Explorer › Italian

Where does “iperveloce” come from?

iperveloce (Italian) comes from Italian veloce, from Latin vēlōx, from Latin pēs, from Ancient Greek μέτρον, from Ancient Greek -τρον, from Proto-Hellenic -tron, from Proto-Indo-European -trom, from Proto-Indo-European -tḗr — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

iperveloce (Italian): very fast; high-speed; hypervelocity

Definitions

  1. very fast; high-speed; hypervelocity

Ancestry of “iperveloce”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianvelocefast, quick, speedy, rapid; cursory
2Latinvēlōx—
3Latinpēs—
4Ancient Greekμέτρονsomething used to measure: measure, rule, weight;...
5Ancient Greek-τρονForms instrument nouns
6Proto-Hellenic-tronForms instrument nouns from verb stems
7Proto-Indo-European-tromForms nouns denoting a tool or instrument
8Proto-Indo-European-tḗrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tḗr →