Where does “propenso” come from?
propenso (Italian) comes from Italian propendere, from Latin propendere, from Latin propendeo, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro-, from Proto-Indo-European por-, from Proto-Indo-European per- — passed , crossed.
propenso (Italian): past participle of propendere; inclined, willing
Definitions
- past participle of propendere; inclined, willing
Ancestry of “propenso”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | propendere | to be inclined, to lean or tend |
| 2 | Latin | propendere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 3 | Latin | propendeo | I hang down, forth or forward; I weigh more,... |
| 4 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 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 |