myEtymology.com: Italian etymology of continente

1. Etymology of the Italian word continente

the Italian word continente

derived from the Latin word continens (bordering, adjacent, contiguous; close; linked; continuous; essential point, central argument, hinge; mainland; continent; forming part of a continuous mass; temperate, moderate, not indulging in excess)

derived from the Latin word continere (hinder, contain, shut in; keep, hold, hang together; secure, maintain, sustain)

using the Latin prefix con- (together)

derived from the Latin prefix com-

derived from the Latin word cum (with)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kom (near, with, together)

derived from the Medieval Latin word tenere (hold, keep; comprehend; represent; support)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ten-

Derivations in Italian

transcontinentale

Cognates

Dutch continent, English continent, French continent, German Kontinent, Latin continentes, Lithuanian kontinentas, Norwegian kontinent, Polish kontynent, Russian континeнт, Spanish continente, Swedish kontinent

2. Etymology of the Italian word continente

derived from the Italian word continente

Derivations in Italian

continentale, intercontinentale, intracontinentale, subcontinente, tricontinentalismo