Where does “lentezza” come from?
lentezza (Italian) comes from Italian lento, from Spanish lento, from Galician -ura, from Latin -ura, from Latin -tūra.
lentezza (Italian): slowness, sluggishness; slow-wittedness
Definitions
- slowness, sluggishness; slow-wittedness
Ancestry of “lentezza”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | lento | slow |
| 2 | Spanish | lento | slow |
| 3 | Galician | -ura | -ness |
| 4 | Latin | -ura | Suffix forming abstract nouns from adjectives |
| 5 | Latin | -tūra | — |