Where does “opportunista” come from?
opportunista (Italian) comes from Italian opportuno, from Latin opportūnus, from Latin Portus, from Proto-Italic portus, from Proto-Indo-European pértus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
opportunista (Italian): opportunist
Definitions
- opportunist
Ancestry of “opportunista”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | opportuno | opportune, timely, suitable, fit, appropriate,... |
| 2 | Latin | opportūnus | suitable |
| 3 | Latin | Portus | ” or, later, “Portus Rōmae”}} Portus large artificial harbour of Ancient Rome |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | portus | harbour |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pértus | crossing |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |