Where does “sostenere” come from?

sostenere (Italian) comes from Latin sustineo, from Latin sub-, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.

sostenere (Italian): to support, to hold up, to prop, to carry the...

Definitions

  1. to support, to hold up, to prop, to carry the...

Ancestry of “sostenere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinsustineoI hold up or upright, uphold, keep up, bear up,...
2Latinsub-under, sub
3Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—

Words derived from “sostenere”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European upó →Every word from Latin sub- →
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