Where does “peraltro” come from?
peraltro (Italian) comes from Italian per, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.
peraltro (Italian): moreover
Definitions
- moreover
Ancestry of “peraltro”, step by step
peraltro traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian per
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | per | for; to; through |
| 2 | Latin | per | through, by means of; throughout, during |
| 3 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 4 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 5 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 6 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |
via Italian altro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | altro | other, another, more, further, else; previous,... |
| 2 | Spanish | otro | other, another; "Not again!" or "What, again?";... |
| 3 | Latin | vertere | inflection of vertō: ## third-person plural... |
| 4 | Latin | verto | I turn, revolve; I turn around; I reverse |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | wertō | to turn |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wert- | to turn, to rotate |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |