Where does “sostentare” come from?
sostentare (Italian) comes from Latin sustento, from Latin sustineo, from Latin sub-, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.
sostentare (Italian): to support, maintain, sustain or hold up; to...
Definitions
- to support, maintain, sustain or hold up; to...
Ancestry of “sostentare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | sustento | I uphold, support, prop or sustain; I endure or... |
| 2 | Latin | sustineo | I hold up or upright, uphold, keep up, bear up,... |
| 3 | Latin | sub- | under, sub |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |
Words derived from “sostentare”