Where does “mezzaquaresima” come from?
mezzaquaresima (Italian) comes from Italian quaresima, from Vulgar Latin quaresima, from Latin quadrāgēsima, from Latin quadrāgēsimus, from Latin quadrāgintā, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwr̥̄ḱomt, from Proto-Indo-European kʷétwr̥dḱomt, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwr̥- — and.
mezzaquaresima (Italian): mid-Lent
Definitions
- mid-Lent
Ancestry of “mezzaquaresima”, step by step
mezzaquaresima traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian quaresima
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | quaresima | Lent; Lenten fast |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | quaresima | Lent |
| 3 | Latin | quadrāgēsima | Lent, Christian fast of forty days |
| 4 | Latin | quadrāgēsimus | fortieth |
| 5 | Latin | quadrāgintā | forty; 40 |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwr̥̄ḱomt | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷétwr̥dḱomt | forty |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwr̥- | four, fourfold |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |