Where does “adágio” come from?

adágio (Portuguese) comes from Italian adagio, from Italian agio, from Old Occitan aize, from Latin adiacēns, from Latin adiaceo, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.

adágio (Portuguese): adage; saying; proverb; maxim

Definitions

  1. adage; saying; proverb; maxim

Ancestry of “adágio”, step by step

adágio traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian adagio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianadagioslowly; adagio; first-person singular present...
2Italianagioease, comfort; luxury, comfort; first-person...
3Old Occitanaizeease
4Latinadiacēnsadjacent, adjoining, neighbouring
5LatinadiaceoI lie beside, at, near or next to; am adjacent...
6Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
7Latinīn-un-, non-, not
8Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
9Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
10Proto-Italicenin
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via Latin adagium

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinadagiumproverb, adage
2LatinadagioAlternative form of adagium; dative singular of...
3LatinaioI say, I assert, I say yes, I affirm
4Proto-Italicagjōto assert
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ǵyéti
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁eǵ-to say
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én
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