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Where does “lentissimamente” come from?

lentissimamente (Italian) comes from Italian lentamente, from Italian -mente, from Latin mente, from Latin mēns, from Proto-Italic mentis, from Proto-Indo-European méntis, from Indo-European *men-.

lentissimamente (Italian): superlative degree of lentamente - very slowly

Definitions

  1. superlative degree of lentamente - very slowly

Ancestry of “lentissimamente”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianlentamenteslowly
2Italian-mente-wise, -ly, -ally
3Latinmenteablative singular of mēns
4Latinmēns—
5Proto-Italicmentis—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanméntisthought
7Indo-European*men-—
Every word from Indo-European *men- →