Where does “semisecolare” come from?
semisecolare (Italian) comes from Italian secolare, from Latin saeculāris, from Latin -āris, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis — forms relational adjectives.
semisecolare (Italian): half-century-old
Definitions
- half-century-old
Ancestry of “semisecolare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | secolare | age-old; secular, lay |
| 2 | Latin | saeculāris | of or pertaining to a saeculum generation; century |
| 3 | Latin | -āris | first conjugation |
| 4 | Latin | -ālis | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -ālis | forms relational adjectives |