Where does “trattenimento” come from?
trattenimento (Italian) comes from Italian trattenere, from Italian tra, from Latin intra, from Latin interus, from Proto-Indo-European h₁énteros, from Proto-Indo-European -teros — Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix.
trattenimento (Italian): party
Definitions
- party
Ancestry of “trattenimento”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | trattenere | to hold (someone) (back); to restrain; to harness, especially to stop from running away |
| 2 | Italian | tra | between; among; in |
| 3 | Latin | intra | within; inside; during; less than |
| 4 | Latin | interus | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁énteros | inside, within |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -teros | Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix |