Where does “sostentabile” come from?

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

sostentabile (Italian): sustainable

Definitions

  1. sustainable

Ancestry of “sostentabile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiansostentareto support, maintain, sustain or hold up; to...
2LatinsustentoI uphold, support, prop or sustain; I endure or...
3LatinsustineoI hold up or upright, uphold, keep up, bear up,...
4Latinsub-under, sub
5Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European upó →Every word from Latin sub- →