Where does “originali” come from?
originali (Middle English) comes from Middle English original, from Old French original, from Latin orīginālis, from Latin orīgō, from Latin -igo, from Proto-Italic agō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.
Ancestry of “originali”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | original | original, primordial; preceding everything else;... |
| 2 | Old French | original | — |
| 3 | Latin | orīginālis | — |
| 4 | Latin | orīgō | — |
| 5 | Latin | -igo | Enlargement of -ō; Suffixed to nouns and to... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | agō | drive; push, impel; do, act |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éǵeti | to be driving |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eǵ- | to drive |