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