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Where does “provabilità” come from?

provabilità (Italian) comes from Italian provabile, from Italian provare, from Swedish pröva, from Old Swedish prøva, from Middle Low German prôven, from Old French prover, from Latin probāre, from Latin probō — passed , crossed.

provabilità (Italian): provability, demonstrability

Definitions

  1. provability, demonstrability

Ancestry of “provabilità”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianprovabileprovable, demonstrable
2Italianprovareto try, try out, test; to try, attempt, take on;...
3Swedishprövato try, to make an attempt or to sample and...
4Old Swedishprøva—
5Middle Low Germanprôven—
6Old Frenchproverto prove
7Latinprobāre—
8Latinprobō—
9LatinProbus—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-bhwo-being in front, prominent
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
13Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
14Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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