medesimo
Italian
Alternative forms
- medesmo (poetic)
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *metipsimus, from a previous form *metipsissīmus, derived from Latin -met (emphatic suffix) + ipse (“himself”) + -issimus (superlative suffix).[1] Cognate with French même, Spanish mismo, Portuguese mesmo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /meˈde.zi.mo/, [meˈd̪eːz̪imo]
- Hyphenation: me‧dé‧si‧mo
Adjective
medesimo (feminine singular medesima, masculine plural medesimi, feminine plural medesime)
Synonyms
References
- Patota, Giuseppe (2002) Lineamenti di grammatica storica dell'italiano (in Italian), Bologna: il Mulino, →ISBN, page 138
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