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Where does “sovrastare” come from?

sovrastare (Italian) comes from Italian stare, from Latin stō, from Proto-Italic staēō, from Proto-Indo-European sth₂éh₁yeti, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

sovrastare (Italian): to dominate; to tower over; to surpass

Definitions

  1. to dominate; to tower over; to surpass

Ancestry of “sovrastare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianstareto stay, remain; to keep, stick; to be doing...
2Latinstō—
3Proto-Italicstaēōstand
4Proto-Indo-Europeansth₂éh₁yeti—
5Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—

Words derived from “sovrastare”

  • sovrastante
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- →