Where does “marciapiede” come from?
marciapiede (Italian) comes from Italian piede, from Old French perdre, from Latin perdo, from Latin -dō, from Proto-Germanic -dô, from Sicilian di, from Latin dē, from Latin post — afterwards, post; by, at.
marciapiede (Italian): pavement; sidewalk
Definitions
- pavement; sidewalk
Ancestry of “marciapiede”, step by step
marciapiede traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian piede
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | piede | foot |
| 2 | Old French | perdre | to lose |
| 3 | Latin | perdo | I destroy, ruin, wreck; I waste, squander; I lose... |
| 4 | Latin | -dō | to put |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -dô | — |
| 6 | Sicilian | di | Used to indicate possession, after the thing owned and before the owner; of; ’s |
| 7 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 8 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 9 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |
via Italian marcia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | marcia | march; racewalking, speedwalking; gear |
| 2 | Italian | marciare | to march; to walk; to go, run, travel |
| 3 | French | marcher | to walk; to travel; to move; to march; to work,... |
| 4 | Middle French | marcher | to walk |
| 5 | Old French | marchier | to walk; to travel by foot |
| 6 | Frankish | markōn | to mark, mark out, to press with the foot |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | markōną | to mark; to notice |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | markō | border, boundary; region, area |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | morǵ- | edge, boundary, border; frontier, border |