Where does “sovrintendente” come from?
sovrintendente (Italian) comes from Italian intendente, from French intendant, from Latin intendens, from Latin intendō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
sovrintendente (Italian): present participle of sovrintendere; Alternative...
Definitions
- present participle of sovrintendere; Alternative...
Ancestry of “sovrintendente”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | intendente | present participle of intendere; A financial... |
| 2 | French | intendant | intendant, administrator; quartermaster |
| 3 | Latin | intendens | stretching, straining |
| 4 | Latin | intendō | to stretch out; to strain |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |