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Where does “sottolineato” come from?

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

sottolineato (Italian): past participle of sottolineare; underlined;...

Definitions

  1. past participle of sottolineare; underlined;...

Ancestry of “sottolineato”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiansotto-sub-; under-
2Italiansottounder, beneath, underneath; below, south of; down
3Latinsubtusbelow, underneath, beneath
4Latinsubunder, beneath; behind; at the feet of
5Proto-Italicsupo—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp- →