Where does “scalmanatura” come from?
scalmanatura (Italian) comes from Italian scalmanarsi, from Italian scalmana, from Italian -ana, from Spanish -ana, from Latin -ana, from Latin -anus, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om.
Ancestry of “scalmanatura”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | scalmanarsi | to bustle or hurry |
| 2 | Italian | scalmana | chill |
| 3 | Italian | -ana | -an, -y |
| 4 | Spanish | -ana | feminine singular of -ano |
| 5 | Latin | -ana | inflection of -ānus: ## nominative/vocative... |
| 6 | Latin | -anus | Of or pertaining to; -ian |
| 7 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |