Where does “spregiativo” come from?
spregiativo (Italian) comes from Italian spregiare, from Italian pregiare, from Late Latin pretiare, from Latin pretium, from Proto-Italic pretjom, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.
spregiativo (Italian): pejorative, derogatory
Definitions
- pejorative, derogatory
Ancestry of “spregiativo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | spregiare | to despise; to be contemptuous of |
| 2 | Italian | pregiare | To honour, respect; to commend, celebrate |
| 3 | Late Latin | pretiare | present active infinitive of pretiō;... |
| 4 | Latin | pretium | worth, price, value, cost; pay, hire, wage,... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | pretjom | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |