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Where does “affogato” come from?

affogato (English) comes from Italian affogato, from Italian affogare, from Catalan afogar, from Catalan a-, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle.

affogato (English): A drink or dessert topped with espresso and...

Definitions

  1. A drink or dessert topped with espresso and...

Ancestry of “affogato”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianaffogatopast participle of affogare; drowned; poached ,...
2Italianaffogareto drown; to extinguish, to put out; to oppress,...
3Catalanafogar—
4Catalana-a-; Used to make verbs from adjectives and nouns
5LatinAd—
6Latinilliche, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that...
7Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
8LatinolleArchaic form of ille
9Proto-Italic*olnos—
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