medesimo

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Italian

Alternative forms

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

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  1. same, identical, equal
  2. very

Synonyms

Pronoun

medesimo m (feminine: medesima)

  1. The same one

References

  1. ^ Patota, Giuseppe (2002) Lineamenti di grammatica storica dell'italiano (in Italian), Bologna: il Mulino, →ISBN, page 138