Where does “stimolo” come from?

stimolo (Italian) comes from Latin stimulus, from Proto-Indo-European stey- — to stick; compress; condense.

stimolo (Italian): stimulus; incentive

Definitions

  1. stimulus; incentive

Ancestry of “stimolo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinstimulusa goad, prick; a sting; stimulus, incentive
2Proto-Indo-Europeanstey-to stick; compress; condense
Every word from Proto-Indo-European stey- →Every word from Latin stimulus →