Where does “premurare” come from?
premurare (Italian) comes from Italian premura, from Italian premere, from Latin premō, from Proto-Indo-European pres-, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.
premurare (Italian): to urge on
Definitions
- to urge on
Ancestry of “premurare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | premura | care, attention; urgency, hurry; third-person... |
| 2 | Italian | premere | to press; to pull |
| 3 | Latin | premō | to press, push, press close or hard, oppress, overwhelm |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | pres- | to press |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |