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Where does “Pozzi” come from?

Pozzi (English) comes from Italian pozzi, from Italian pozzo, from Vulgar Latin poteo, from Spanish potear, from Spanish -ear, from Latin -izāre, from Ancient Greek -ίζειν, from Ancient Greek -ίζω — he, she.

Ancestry of “Pozzi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpozziplural of pozzo
2Italianpozzowell
3Vulgar Latinpoteo—
4Spanishpotear—
5Spanish-earforms verbs from adjectives, nouns and some...
6Latin-izāre—
7Ancient Greek-ίζεινpresent active infinitive of -ίζω; -ize
8Ancient Greek-ίζωUsed to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and...
9Proto-Hellenic-íďďō—
10Proto-Indo-European-idyéti—
11Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
12Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
13Chichewaiyehe, she
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