Where does “vanitosamente” come from?
vanitosamente (Italian) comes from Italian vanitoso, from French vaniteux, from French vanité, from Middle French vanité, from Old French vanité, from Latin vānitas, from Latin vānus, from Italian vano — he, she.
vanitosamente (Italian): vainly
Definitions
- vainly
Ancestry of “vanitosamente”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | vanitoso | vain, conceited; A vain or conceited person |
| 2 | French | vaniteux | conceited, frivolous, vain; a conceited person,... |
| 3 | French | vanité | futility, pointlessness; vanity; vanitas |
| 4 | Middle French | vanité | vanity |
| 5 | Old French | vanité | — |
| 6 | Latin | vānitas | emptiness, nothingness |
| 7 | Latin | vānus | vain, empty, vacant, void |
| 8 | Italian | vano | vain, useless, idle; quaint; space, opening,... |
| 9 | Italian | vanare | Alternative form of vaneggiare |
| 10 | Romanian | -re | -ing, -ation |
| 11 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 16 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |