Where does “promesse” come from?
promesse (Italian) comes from Italian promessa, from Vulgar Latin promissa, from Latin prōmissum, from Latin promissus, from Latin prōmittō, from Latin prō, from Latin ratus, from Latin rēōr — to fit, to fix, to put together.
promesse (Italian): plural of promessa; feminine plural past...
Definitions
- plural of promessa; feminine plural past...
Ancestry of “promesse”, step by step
promesse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian promessa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | promessa | promise; promising person; feminine singular past... |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | promissa | promise |
| 3 | Latin | prōmissum | promise |
| 4 | Latin | promissus | promised |
| 5 | Latin | prōmittō | to send forth |
| 6 | Latin | prō | for |
| 7 | Latin | ratus | considered, having been considered; established,... |
| 8 | Latin | rēōr | to reckon, calculate |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | rēōr | to reckon, to calculate; to think, to deem, to... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |
via Italian promettere
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | promettere | to promise, to threaten; to look like |