Where does “talento” come from?

talento (Italian) comes from Old French talent, from Latin talentum, from Ancient Greek τάλαντον, from Proto-Indo-European tl̥h₂ent-, from Proto-Indo-European telh₂- — to bear, to undergo, to endure; ground, bottom.

talento (Italian): talent; talented person

Definitions

  1. talent; talented person

Ancestry of “talento”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchtalentdesire; wish
2LatintalentumA Grecian weight, which contained sixty minae or...
3Ancient Greekτάλαντονbalance, scale; anything weighed
4Proto-Indo-Europeantl̥h₂ent-
5Proto-Indo-Europeantelh₂-to bear, to undergo, to endure; ground, bottom

Words derived from “talento

Every word from Proto-Indo-European telh₂-
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