Where does “narrative” come from?
narrative (Italian) comes from Italian narrativa, from Italian narrativo, from Latin nārrātīvus, from Latin narro, from Latin nārō, from Proto-Italic gnārāō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵn̥h₃ro-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- — to know.
narrative (Italian): feminine plural of narrativo; plural of narrativa
Definitions
- feminine plural of narrativo; plural of narrativa
Ancestry of “narrative”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | narrativa | feminine singular of narrativo; fiction;... |
| 2 | Italian | narrativo | narrative |
| 3 | Latin | nārrātīvus | — |
| 4 | Latin | narro | I narrate, recount; I report; I tell, speak |
| 5 | Latin | nārō | that flows into the Adriatic Sea, now the Neretva or Narenta |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | gnārāō | I make known, I tell; to make known, tell |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵn̥h₃ro- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵneh₃- | to know |