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Where does “cortissimo” come from?

cortissimo (English) comes from Italian cortissimo, from Italian -issimo, from Latin -issimus, from Proto-Italic *-isəmos.

cortissimo (English): The shot that forms the coffee base of a flat...

Definitions

  1. The shot that forms the coffee base of a flat...

Ancestry of “cortissimo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancortissimosuperlative degree of corto
2Italian-issimoAdded to adjectives to form superlatives; Added...
3Latin-issimusadded to an adjective noun to form its...
4Proto-Italic*-isəmos—
Every word from Proto-Italic *-isəmos →