Where does “ultranovantenne” come from?

ultranovantenne (Italian) comes from Italian novantenne, 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.

ultranovantenne (Italian): over ninety years old

Definitions

  1. over ninety years old

Ancestry of “ultranovantenne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiannovantennenonagenarian; ninety-year-old
2Italian-enne-year-old; Also forms similar terms related to...
3Latin-ennis—
4Latinannusyear; time; season
5Proto-Italicatnosyear
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂et-no-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂et-grass
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂et- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂et-no- →Every word from Proto-Italic atnos →