medesimo

Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *metipsīmum, from Vulgar Latin *metipsissīmum, which consists of met + ipsissimum (the superlative of ipsum).^[1]

Cognate with French même, Spanish mismo, Portuguese mesmo.

Adjective

medesimo m (feminine medesima, masculine plural medesimi, feminine plural medesime)

1. same, identical, equal
2. very

Pronoun

medesimo m (feminine: medesima)

1. The same one

References

1. ^ 2002, Giuseppe Patota, Lineamenti di grammatica storica dell'italiano (in Italian), Bologna: il Mulino, ISBN 88-15-08638-2, page p. 138: