Where does “scaldapiedi” come from?
scaldapiedi (Italian) comes from Italian piede, from Old French perdre, from Latin perdo, from Latin -dō, from Proto-Germanic -dô, from Sicilian di, from Latin dē, from Latin post — afterwards, post; by, at.
scaldapiedi (Italian): foot warmer
Definitions
- foot warmer
Ancestry of “scaldapiedi”, step by step
scaldapiedi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian piede
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | piede | foot |
| 2 | Old French | perdre | to lose |
| 3 | Latin | perdo | I destroy, ruin, wreck; I waste, squander; I lose... |
| 4 | Latin | -dō | to put |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -dô | — |
| 6 | Sicilian | di | Used to indicate possession, after the thing owned and before the owner; of; ’s |
| 7 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 8 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 9 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |
via Italian scaldare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | scaldare | to warm up; to galvanize; to energize; to fire... |
| 2 | Romanian | -re | -ing, -ation |
| 3 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 8 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |