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Where does “interessere” come from?

interessere (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from German interessieren, from French intéresser, from Latin interesse, from Latin esse, from Ancient Greek οὐσία, from Ancient Greek εἰμί, from Proto-Hellenic ehmi, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésmi.

interessere (Norwegian Bokmål): to interest

Definitions

  1. to interest

Ancestry of “interessere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germaninteressieren—
2Frenchintéresserto interest; to make interested; to be interested...
3Latininteressepresent active infinitive of intersum; to...
4Latinessepresent infinitive of sum; state, condition;...
5Ancient Greekοὐσίαthat which is one's own, one's substance,...
6Ancient GreekεἰμίTo be, exist; live; To be; it is possible
7Proto-Hellenicehmito be
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ésmifirst-person singular present indicative of...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ēs-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ēs- →