Etymology Explorer › Italian

Where does “universitario” come from?

universitario (Italian) comes from Italian università, from Latin ūniversitās, from Latin ūniversus, from Latin versus, from Latin vertō, from Proto-Italic wertō, from Proto-Indo-European wert-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

universitario (Italian): university; academic; university student or...

Definitions

  1. university; academic; university student or...

Ancestry of “universitario”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianuniversitàuniversity
2Latinūniversitās—
3Latinūniversus—
4Latinversusturned, changed, having been turned; towards,...
5Latinvertō—
6Proto-Italicwertō—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwert-to turn, to rotate
8Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel

Words derived from “universitario”

  • extrauniversitario
  • postuniversitario
  • interuniversitario
  • parauniversitario
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wer- →