Where does “fermati” come from?
fermati (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Italian fermare, from Latin firmō, from Latin Firmus, from Proto-Italic fermos, from Proto-Indo-European dʰer-mo-s, from Proto-Indo-European dʰer- — to support; to hold.
fermati (Serbo-Croatian): to stop, to mark something; to leave, to let...
Definitions
- to stop, to mark something; to leave, to let...
Ancestry of “fermati”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | fermare | to stop; to arrest; to hold, stay |
| 2 | Latin | firmō | — |
| 3 | Latin | Firmus | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | fermos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰer-mo-s | holding |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰer- | to support; to hold |