Where does “sentimentalità” come from?
sentimentalità (Italian) comes from Italian sentimentale, from Italian sentimento, from Latin sentimentum, from Latin sentiō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr.
sentimentalità (Italian): sentimentality
Ancestry of “sentimentalità”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | sentimentale | sentimental, romantic; a sentimental person, a... |
| 2 | Italian | sentimento | feeling, emotion, sentiment; sensation; sense |
| 3 | Latin | sentimentum | feeling, opinion, sentiment |
| 4 | Latin | sentiō | — |
| 5 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 6 | Latin | -tōrius | — |
| 7 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |