Where does “riprovare” come from?

riprovare (Italian) comes 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, from Latin Probus — passed , crossed.

riprovare (Italian): to try, try on or experience again

Definitions

  1. to try, try on or experience again

Ancestry of “riprovare”, step by step

riprovare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian provare

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

via Latin reprobō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinreprobōto disapprove
2Latinrēin reality, in fact, on practice often strengthened by

Words derived from “riprovare”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European per- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European por- →