Where does “umilissimo” come from?

umilissimo (Italian) comes from Italian umile, from Latin humilis, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

umilissimo (Italian): superlative degree of umile

Definitions

  1. superlative degree of umile

Ancestry of “umilissimo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianumilehumble; a humble person
2Latinhumilislow, lowly, small, slight; shallow; base, mean,...
3Latin-ilis-ile
4Proto-Italic-elis—
5Proto-Indo-European-elis—
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -ilis →Every word from Latin humilis →