Where does “interessante” come from?
interessante (Portuguese) comes from Spanish interesante, from Spanish -ante, from Latin -āns, from Latin -ns, from Proto-Indo-European -ónts, from Hungarian önt, from Hungarian ön, from Hungarian ön- — sound, voice.
interessante (Portuguese): interesting; the interesting aspects of something
Definitions
- interesting; the interesting aspects of something
Ancestry of “interessante”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | interesante | interesting |
| 2 | Spanish | -ante | Forms adjectives from verbs |
| 3 | Latin | -āns | — |
| 4 | Latin | -ns | -ing; ending of the present active participle |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ónts | Derives nouns denoting body parts |
| 6 | Hungarian | önt | to pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön |
| 7 | Hungarian | ön | you |
| 8 | Hungarian | ön- | self- |
| 9 | Turkish | ön | front |
| 10 | Ottoman Turkish | اوك | — |
| 11 | Proto-Turkic | ǖn | sound, voice |