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Where does “ghettotech” come from?

ghettotech (English) comes from English ghetto, from Italian ghetto, from Italian borghetto, from Italian -etto, from English -et, from Middle English -et, from Old French -et, from Latin -ātus.

ghettotech (English): A form of electronic dance music from Chicago,...

Definitions

  1. A form of electronic dance music from Chicago,...

Ancestry of “ghettotech”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishghettoAn area of a city in which Jews are concentrated...
2Italianghettoghetto
3Italianborghettohamlet; shanty town
4Italian-ettoAlterative suffix used to form melioratives,...
5English-etUsed to form diminutives, loosely construed
6Middle English-etForms diminutive nouns from nouns; in some words,...
7Old French-etUsed to form a diminutive, masculine noun;...
8Latin-ātus—
9Proto-Italic-ātos—
10Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tos—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →