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Where does “gentilitas” come from?

gentilitas (Latin) comes from Latin gentīlis, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

gentilitas (Latin): the relationship of those who belong to the same...

Definitions

  1. the relationship of those who belong to the same...

Ancestry of “gentilitas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latingentīlis—
2Latin-ilis-ile
3Proto-Italic-elis—
4Proto-Indo-European-elis—
5Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “gentilitas”

  • gentilità
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