Where does “amelhorament” come from?
amelhorament (Occitan) comes from Occitan amelhorar, from Occitan -ar, from Old Occitan -ar, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.
amelhorament (Occitan): improvement
Definitions
- improvement
Ancestry of “amelhorament”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Occitan | amelhorar | to improve |
| 2 | Occitan | -ar | Suffix of verbs of the first conjugation |
| 3 | Old Occitan | -ar | — |
| 4 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |