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Where does “velocità” come from?

velocità (Italian) comes from Latin vēlōcitās, from Latin vēlōx, from Latin pēs, from Ancient Greek μέτρον, from Ancient Greek -τρον, from Proto-Hellenic -tron, from Proto-Indo-European -trom, from Proto-Indo-European -tḗr — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

velocità (Italian): speed, velocity, rate, pace, rapidity; sprint

Definitions

  1. speed, velocity, rate, pace, rapidity; sprint

Ancestry of “velocità”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvēlōcitās—
2Latinvēlōx—
3Latinpēs—
4Ancient Greekμέτρονsomething used to measure: measure, rule, weight;...
5Ancient Greek-τρονForms instrument nouns
6Proto-Hellenic-tronForms instrument nouns from verb stems
7Proto-Indo-European-tromForms nouns denoting a tool or instrument
8Proto-Indo-European-tḗrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

Words derived from “velocità”

  • ipervelocità
  • veloċità
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