Where does “parasimpatico” come from?
parasimpatico (Italian) comes from Italian simpatico, from Italian simpatia, from Late Latin sympathia, from Ancient Greek συμπάθεια, from Ancient Greek συμπαθής, from Ancient Greek -ής, from Proto-Indo-European -ēs, from Proto-Indo-European -ess — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
parasimpatico (Italian): parasympathetic
Definitions
- parasympathetic
Ancestry of “parasimpatico”, step by step
parasimpatico traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian simpatico
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | simpatico | nice, pleasing, popular, cute, amusing, funny;... |
| 2 | Italian | simpatia | pleasantness; liking |
| 3 | Late Latin | sympathia | sympathy |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | συμπάθεια | fellow feeling, sympathy; affection, affinity;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | συμπαθής | affected by like feelings; sympathetic |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ής | adjective suffix |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ēs | Primarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ess | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |
via Spanish simpático
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | simpático | nice, pleasant, likable; sympathetic |
| 2 | Spanish | -ico | Added to nouns to form adjectives; -ic; Usually... |
| 3 | Latin | -icum | nominative neuter singular of -icus; accusative... |
| 4 | Latin | -icus | belonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ικός | of or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -κός | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |