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Where does “sorgivo” come from?

sorgivo (Italian) comes from Italian sorgere, from Latin surgō, from Latin subrigo, from Latin regō, from Proto-Italic regō, from Proto-Indo-European h₃réǵeti, from Proto-Indo-European h₃reǵ- — to straighten, to right oneself; right; just.

sorgivo (Italian): spring

Definitions

  1. spring

Ancestry of “sorgivo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiansorgereto rise; to arise; rising
2Latinsurgō—
3LatinsubrigoI lift up, I straighten
4Latinregō—
5Proto-Italicregō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃réǵetito be straightening, to be setting upright
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃reǵ-to straighten, to right oneself; right; just

Words derived from “sorgivo”

  • risorgivo
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃reǵ- →