Etymology Explorer › Italian

Where does “narrate” come from?

narrate (Italian) comes from Italian narrare, from Latin narro, from Latin nārō, from Proto-Italic gnārāō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵn̥h₃ro-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- — to know.

narrate (Italian): second-person plural present indicative of...

Definitions

  1. second-person plural present indicative of...

Ancestry of “narrate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiannarrareto tell or narrate
2LatinnarroI narrate, recount; I report; I tell, speak
3Latinnārō—
4Proto-ItalicgnārāōI make known, I tell; to make known, tell
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵn̥h₃ro-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵneh₃-to know
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- →