Where does “vicinità” come from?

vicinità (Italian) comes from Italian vicino, from Vulgar Latin vecinus, from Latin vīcīnus, from Latin -īnus, from Proto-Italic -īnos, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.

vicinità (Italian): closeness, proximity

Definitions

  1. closeness, proximity

Ancestry of “vicinità”, step by step

vicinità traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian vicino

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianvicinonear, close; near; neighbour, neighbourhood
2Vulgar Latinvecinus—
3Latinvīcīnusnear, neighboring
4Latin-īnusof or pertaining to; -ine
5Proto-Italic-īnosof/belonging to
6Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
7Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

via Latin vīcīnitās

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvīcīnitāsneighborhood
2Latin-tāsty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship
3Pali-tā—
4Proto-Indo-European-tweh₂Forms nouns from verbs
5Proto-Indo-European-eh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no- →Every word from Latin -īnus →Every word from Proto-Italic -īnos →