Where does “sondabilità” come from?
sondabilità (Italian) comes from Italian sondabile, from Italian sondare, from French sonder, from Middle French sonder, from Old French sonder, from Old French sonde, from Old English sund, from Old Norse sund — to bend, turn, swing; to be unsteady, move, swim.
sondabilità (Italian): Property of being fathomable
Definitions
- Property of being fathomable
Ancestry of “sondabilità”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | sondabile | fathomable |
| 2 | Italian | sondare | to sound; to drill, bore; to probe |
| 3 | French | sonder | to probe; to survey and take measurements using a... |
| 4 | Middle French | sonder | — |
| 5 | Old French | sonder | to plumb |
| 6 | Old French | sonde | sounding line |
| 7 | Old English | sund | swimming; sea, water |
| 8 | Old Norse | sund | swimming; strait, sound; swimming, sound |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | sundą | swimming; sound, strait |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | swimmaną | to be unsteady; to swim; float |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | swem(bʰ)- | to bend, turn, swing; to be unsteady, move, swim |