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Where does “caricaturish” come from?

caricaturish (English) comes from English caricature, from French caricature, from Italian caricatura, from Italian caricare, from Romanian -re, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti — he, she.

caricaturish (English): Resembling a caricature

Definitions

  1. Resembling a caricature

Ancestry of “caricaturish”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcaricatureA pictorial representation of someone in which...
2Frenchcaricaturecaricature
3Italiancaricaturacaricature, antic; third-person singular present...
4Italiancaricareto load, to stow; to take aboard, hoist, pick up;...
5Romanian-re-ing, -ation
6Latin-āre—
7Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
8Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
9Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
11Chichewaiyehe, she
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