Where does “progressistico” come from?
progressistico (Italian) comes from Italian progresso, from Latin prōgressus, from Latin prōgredior, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro-, from Proto-Indo-European por-, from Proto-Indo-European per- — passed , crossed.
progressistico (Italian): progressive
Ancestry of “progressistico”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | progresso | progress, progression, development, growth,... |
| 2 | Latin | prōgressus | — |
| 3 | Latin | prōgredior | — |
| 4 | Latin | prō- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |