Where does “ricerchiare” come from?
ricerchiare (Italian) comes from Italian cerchiare, from Latin circlāre, from Latin circulāre, from Latin circulari, from Latin circulus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
ricerchiare (Italian): to circumscribe again
Definitions
- to circumscribe again
Ancestry of “ricerchiare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | cerchiare | to hoop; to circumscribe |
| 2 | Latin | circlāre | — |
| 3 | Latin | circulāre | — |
| 4 | Latin | circulari | dative masculine singular of circulāris; dative... |
| 5 | Latin | circulus | circle; An orbit; A ring, hoop |
| 6 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |