Where does “ribalta” come from?
ribalta (Portuguese) comes from Italian ribalta, from Italian ribaltare, from Italian ri-, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro- — passed , crossed.
ribalta (Portuguese): stage; forestage; limelight
Definitions
- stage; forestage; limelight
Ancestry of “ribalta”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | ribalta | leaf, flap; apron, forestage; limelight, fore |
| 2 | Italian | ribaltare | to tip over, overturn, reverse, capsize; to fold... |
| 3 | Italian | ri- | re-, again |
| 4 | Latin | rĕ- | — |
| 5 | Latin | prōdūcō | — |
| 6 | Latin | prō- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |