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Where does “radiosorgente” come from?

radiosorgente (Italian) comes from Italian sorgente, from Italian sorgere, from Latin surgō, from Latin subrigo, from Latin regō, from Proto-Italic regō, from Proto-Indo-European h₃réǵeti, from Proto-Indo-European h₃reǵ- — to straighten, to right oneself; right; just.

radiosorgente (Italian): radio source

Definitions

  1. radio source

Ancestry of “radiosorgente”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiansorgentespring; source, headwaters; present participle of...
2Italiansorgereto rise; to arise; rising
3Latinsurgō—
4LatinsubrigoI lift up, I straighten
5Latinregō—
6Proto-Italicregō—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃réǵetito be straightening, to be setting upright
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃reǵ-to straighten, to right oneself; right; just
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