Where does “trentottenne” come from?
trentottenne (Italian) comes from Italian -enne, from Latin -ennis, from Latin annus, from Proto-Italic atnos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂et-no-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂et- — grass.
trentottenne (Italian): thirty-eight-year-old
Ancestry of “trentottenne”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | -enne | -year-old; Also forms similar terms related to... |
| 2 | Latin | -ennis | — |
| 3 | Latin | annus | year; time; season |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | atnos | year |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂et-no- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂et- | grass |