Where does “villeggiatura” come from?
villeggiatura (English) comes from Italian villeggiatura, from Italian villeggiare, from Italian -eggiare, from Latin -izāre, from Ancient Greek -ίζειν, from Ancient Greek -ίζω, from Proto-Hellenic -íďďō, from Proto-Indo-European -idyéti — he, she.
villeggiatura (English): country retirement; staying at a place in the...
Definitions
- country retirement; staying at a place in the...
Ancestry of “villeggiatura”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | villeggiatura | a vacation in the countryside, on the seaside, or... |
| 2 | Italian | villeggiare | To holiday |
| 3 | Italian | -eggiare | Used to form verbs from adjectives or nouns |
| 4 | Latin | -izāre | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ίζειν | present active infinitive of -ίζω; -ize |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ίζω | Used to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and... |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | -íďďō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -idyéti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |