Where does “sottosviluppo” come from?

sottosviluppo (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-.

sottosviluppo (Italian): underdevelopment; first-person singular present...

Definitions

  1. underdevelopment; first-person singular present...

Ancestry of “sottosviluppo”, step by step

sottosviluppo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian sotto

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-

via Italian sviluppo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiansviluppodevelopment, growth, strengthening, expansion;...
2Italiansviluppareto develop
3Italians-un-, in-; de-, dis-, un-; API + bocca → sboccato
4Latinēx-out, away
5Proto-Indo-Europeaneǵ-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-Every word from Proto-Indo-European upóEvery word from Proto-Italic supo