Where does “sostentativo” come from?

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

sostentativo (Italian): sustaining, supportive

Definitions

  1. sustaining, supportive

Ancestry of “sostentativo”, 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- →