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Where does “irredenta” come from?

irredenta (English) comes from Italian irredento, from Italian redento, from Latin redemptus, from Latin redimō, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro- — passed , crossed.

irredenta (English): Any region whose inhabitants are ethnically...

Definitions

  1. Any region whose inhabitants are ethnically...

Ancestry of “irredenta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianirredentoirredenta
2Italianredentoredeemed; masculine singular past participle of...
3Latinredemptusrepurchased; redeemed; atoned for
4Latinredimō—
5Latinrĕ-—
6Latinprōdūcō—
7Latinprō-—
8Proto-Italic*pro-—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
11Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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