Where does “tantomeno” come from?
tantomeno (Italian) comes from Italian tanto, from Latin tantus, from Latin tam, from Proto-Indo-European téh₂m, from Proto-Indo-European séh₂, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.
tantomeno (Italian): even less so; let alone
Ancestry of “tantomeno”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | tanto | so much, so many; much, many; such |
| 2 | Latin | tantus | of such size, of such measure; so much, so great |
| 3 | Latin | tam | so, so much, to such an extent, to such a degree |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | téh₂m | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | séh₂ | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | só | this; that |