Where does “peritarsi” come from?
peritarsi (Italian) comes from Latin pigritari, from Latin pigro, from Latin piger, from Latin pigeō, from Proto-Indo-European peyǵ- — inactive, reluctant.
peritarsi (Italian): to hesitate
Definitions
- to hesitate
Ancestry of “peritarsi”, step by step
peritarsi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin pigritari
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | pigritari | present active infinitive of pigritor |
| 2 | Latin | pigro | I am indolent, slow, dilatory; I hesitate; dative... |
| 3 | Latin | piger | backward, slow, dull, lazy, indolent, sluggish,... |
| 4 | Latin | pigeō | to feel annoyance or reluctance at; to repent of |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | peyǵ- | inactive, reluctant |