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Where does “sentinella” come from?

sentinella (Italian) comes from Italian sentire, from Latin sentiō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

sentinella (Italian): sentry, guard

Definitions

  1. sentry, guard

Ancestry of “sentinella”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiansentireto feel; to hear; to smell
2Latinsentiō—
3Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
4Latin-tōrius—
5Latin-tor-er
6Proto-Italic-tōr—
7Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
8Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “sentinella”

  • sentinel
  • sentinelship
  • sentinelle
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →