Where does “marito” come from?

marito (Italian) comes from Latin marītus, from Latin mās, from Proto-Nuristani *māsa, from Proto-Indo-Iranian mā́Has, from Proto-Indo-European mḗh₁n̥s, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- — to measure.

marito (Italian): husband; first-person singular present indicative...

Definitions

  1. husband; first-person singular present indicative...

Ancestry of “marito”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmarītusmarital, matrimonial, conjugal
2Latinmāsmale
3Proto-Nuristani*māsamoon
4Proto-Indo-Iranianmā́Hasmoon; month
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmḗh₁n̥smoon; month
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-to measure

Words derived from “marito”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mḗh₁n̥s →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian mā́Has →