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Where does “talentoso” come from?

talentoso (Italian) comes from Italian talento, 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.

talentoso (Italian): Alternative form of talentuoso

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of talentuoso

Ancestry of “talentoso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiantalentotalent; talented person
2Old Frenchtalentdesire; wish
3LatintalentumA Grecian weight, which contained sixty minae or...
4Ancient Greekτάλαντονbalance, scale; anything weighed
5Proto-Indo-Europeantl̥h₂ent-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeantelh₂-to bear, to undergo, to endure; ground, bottom
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