Where does “semidistrutto” come from?
semidistrutto (Italian) comes from Italian distrutto, from Latin destructus, from Latin destruo, from Latin struo, from Proto-Italic strowō, from Proto-Indo-European strew-, from Proto-Indo-European sterh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European ster- — sterile, infertile.
semidistrutto (Italian): half-destroyed
Definitions
- half-destroyed
Ancestry of “semidistrutto”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | distrutto | past participle of distruggere; distraught;... |
| 2 | Latin | destructus | destroyed |
| 3 | Latin | destruo | I destroy, demolish, ruin |
| 4 | Latin | struo | to place one thing on top of another, to pile up,... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | strowō | pile up; construct, build |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | strew- | to spread, to strew |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sterh₃- | to spread, extend, stretch out |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ster- | sterile, infertile |