Where does “sotto-” come from?

sotto- (Italian) comes from Italian sotto, from Latin subtus, from Latin sub, from Proto-Italic supo, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.

sotto- (Italian): sub-; under-

Definitions

  1. sub-; under-

Ancestry of “sotto-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiansottounder, beneath, underneath; below, south of; down
2Latinsubtusbelow, underneath, beneath
3Latinsubunder, beneath; behind; at the feet of
4Proto-Italicsupounder
5Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—

Words derived from “sotto-”

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