Where does “viltà” come from?
viltà (Italian) comes from Latin vilitas, from Latin -tās, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
viltà (Italian): cowardice; cowardly action; pusillanimity
Definitions
- cowardice; cowardly action; pusillanimity
Ancestry of “viltà”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | vilitas | cheapness, inexpensiveness; meanness, baseness,... |
| 2 | Latin | -tās | ty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |