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Where does “sottoposto” come from?

sottoposto (Italian) comes from Italian sottoporre, 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-.

sottoposto (Italian): subjected; subordinate; past participle of...

Definitions

  1. subjected; subordinate; past participle of...

Ancestry of “sottoposto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiansottoporreto subject someone to; to put or submit something...
2Italiansotto-sub-; under-
3Italiansottounder, beneath, underneath; below, south of; down
4Latinsubtusbelow, underneath, beneath
5Latinsubunder, beneath; behind; at the feet of
6Proto-Italicsupo—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp- →