Where does “piedistallo” come from?
piedistallo (Italian) comes from Italian dì, from Italian circolazione, from Latin circulatio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis- — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
piedistallo (Italian): pedestal
Definitions
- pedestal
Ancestry of “piedistallo”, step by step
piedistallo traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian dì
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | dì | day; daytime; second-person singular imperative... |
| 2 | Italian | circolazione | traffic |
| 3 | Latin | circulatio | revolution (circular course), circulation |
| 4 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 5 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 6 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 7 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Italian stallo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | stallo | seat, stall; stalemate; deadlock, stalemate |
| 2 | English | stall | A compartment for a single animal in a stable or... |
| 3 | Middle English | stall | — |
| 4 | Old English | steall | a position, especially one that is standing;... |
| 5 | Old English | hām | home; village, community; village, hamlet, manor,... |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | haim | home |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | haimaz | home; house; village |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóymos | of the home, belonging to the family; village,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱey- | to be lying down; to settle |
via Italian pie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | pie | feminine plural of pio |