Where does “sordidezza” come from?
sordidezza (Italian) comes from Italian sordido, from Latin sordidus, from Latin sordeō, from Latin sordes, from Latin sordeo, from Proto-Italic swerdēō, from Proto-Indo-European swerd-éh₁-ye-ti, from Proto-Indo-European swerd- — dirty, dark, black.
sordidezza (Italian): filthiness; sordidness, baseness; meanness
Definitions
- filthiness; sordidness, baseness; meanness
Ancestry of “sordidezza”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | sordido | sordid, squalid; mean; sleazy |
| 2 | Latin | sordidus | dirty, filthy; of poor, mean, base quality,... |
| 3 | Latin | sordeō | to be dirty, filthy or foul |
| 4 | Latin | sordes | dirt, filth, squalor; meanness, stinginess,... |
| 5 | Latin | sordeo | I am dirty, filthy or foul; I am mean or base; I... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | swerdēō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | swerd-éh₁-ye-ti | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | swerd- | dirty, dark, black |