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Where does “caricaturistic” come from?

caricaturistic (English) comes from Romanian caricaturist, from French caricaturiste, from French caricature, from Italian caricatura, from Italian caricare, from Romanian -re, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō — he, she.

caricaturistic (English): Grossly and comically exaggerated, like a...

Definitions

  1. Grossly and comically exaggerated, like a...

Ancestry of “caricaturistic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniancaricaturistcaricaturist
2Frenchcaricaturistecaricaturist
3Frenchcaricaturecaricature
4Italiancaricaturacaricature, antic; third-person singular present...
5Italiancaricareto load, to stow; to take aboard, hoist, pick up;...
6Romanian-re-ing, -ation
7Latin-āre—
8Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
9Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
10Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
11Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
12Chichewaiyehe, she
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