Where does “spodestamento” come from?
spodestamento (Italian) comes from Italian spodestare, from Italian podestà, from Italian potestà, from Latin potestas, from Proto-Italic potistāts.
spodestamento (Italian): dethronement, deposition; dispossession
Definitions
- dethronement, deposition; dispossession
Ancestry of “spodestamento”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | spodestare | to dethrone, depose; to oust; to deprive |
| 2 | Italian | podestà | podesta: a high office in various medieval and... |
| 3 | Italian | potestà | power, authority |
| 4 | Latin | potestas | power, ability; mastery, control; authority,... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | potistāts | — |