Where does “somigliantissimo” come from?
somigliantissimo (Italian) comes from Italian somigliante, from Vulgar Latin *similiantem, from Vulgar Latin similiare, from Latin similis, from Proto-Italic semalis, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.
Ancestry of “somigliantissimo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | somigliante | similar (to), like, resembling, alike |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | *similiantem | — |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | similiare | — |
| 4 | Latin | similis | similar |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | semalis | similiar |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |